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Anxiety Disorder: Diagnosis

Description: Characterized by excessive and prolonged nervousness, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) can cause an individual to become preoccupied with family, work, relationships or finance as to hinder normal function. This course focuses on assessing GAD and highlights the anxiety rating scales used in diagnosis.

COURSE OUTLINE

INTRODUCTION
1. Course Information
2. Interface Tour
3. Course Overview

DIAGNOSING GAD
4. Objectives
5. Diagnostic Criteria for GAD
6. Differential Diagnosis
7. Progress Check

DIAGNOSING OTHER ANXIETY DISORDERS
8. Objectives
9. OCD
10. PTSD
11. Panic Disorder
12. Social Phobia
13. Anxiety Due to Other Causes
14. Progress Check

ANXIETY RATING SCALES
15. Objectives
16. GAD Rating Scales
17. Rating Other Anxiety Disorders
18. Progress Check

CONCLUSION
19. Summary

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Students completing this course should be able to:

List generalized anxiety disorder's (GAD) diagnostic criteria
Distinguish between GAD and normal anxiety
Explain the differential diagnosis of GAD
Describe the diagnostic criteria for OCD, PTSD, panic disorder, and social phobia
Explain how to distinguish these four anxiety disorders
Explain the various rating scales used to evaluate a patient's GAD symptoms
Describe the features of the different anxiety rating scales used to assess OCD, PTSD, panic disorder, and social phobia
Differentiate between psychodynamic, behavioral and cognitive anxiety theories

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