NR 601 WEEK 3 QUIX.docx

Week 3: Test Your Knowledge

Question 1
pts
The criteria for diagnosing generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), in the American
Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th
edition (DSM V), states that excessive worry or apprehension must be present more
days than not for what length of time?
Correct!

6 months


1 month


3 months


2 months

DSM criteria required GAD symptoms be present for a minimum of 6 months for this
diagnosis. Dunphy p. 1129

Question 2
pts
Which study has proven that onset of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is in
childhood?

PHQ 9


DSM-5

Correct!

ACES


GABA

The ACES study has proven that exposure to childhood trauma can result in anxiety.
Dunphy p.1129




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