USMLE Step 2 CK-Psychiatry Questions and Answers 100% Correct

What is the dx criteria for Generalized Anxiety Disorder?anxiety on most days (six or more months) and w/ three or more somatic sx (restlessness, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, irritability, muscle tension, disturbed sleep) How is GAD tx?Lifestyle changes psychotherapy medication - SSRIs - Venlafaxine - buspirone - Benzos for immediate sx relief How does OCD present?Obsessions: persistent, unwanted, and intrusive ideas, thoughts, impulses, or images that lead to marked anxiety or distress and occur despite the patient's attempts to prevent them Compulsions: repeated mental acts or behaviors that neutralize anxiety from obsessions (e.g. handwashing, elaborate rituals for ordinary tasks, counting, excessive checking) Pts recognize these behaviors as excessive and irrational products of their own minds. Wish to get rid of the obsessions and/or comp