Generalized Anxiety Disorder is defined as persistent, excessive worry about various aspects of life.

• A. Generalized Anxiety Disorder
• B. Panic Attack
• C. Social Anxiety Disorder
• D. Specific Phobias

Answer: (A)

Generalized Anxiety Disorder is characterized by chronic, excessive worry about many different aspects of life, not confined to a single situation. This worry lasts most days for a long period (typically at least several months) and is hard to control, often accompanied by physical or cognitive symptoms such as restlessness, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, irritability, muscle tension, and sleep problems. The key idea is that the anxiety is pervasive and not tied to one specific trigger.

Panic attack, in contrast, is a sudden surge of intense fear with rapid physical symptoms like a racing heart, sweating, trembling, or shortness of breath that peaks within minutes, rather than a sustained pattern of worry across life areas. Social Anxiety Disorder centers on fear of negative evaluation in social or performance situations. Specific phobias involve an intense fear of a particular object or situation and avoidance of it.