Article Summary: Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

Article summary: Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
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Article Summary: Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a common type of anxiety disorder. It is often associated with stress and major depressive disorder (MDD). Pregnant women are known to increase in worries that are related to parenting, their health and the health of their baby. It is said to affect pregnant women.
There are no developed screens that are known to detect GAD in these women's perinatal period (Simpson, Glazer, Michalski, Steiner, & Frey, 2014). This research aimed at investigating the psychometric properties of the screening tool, GAD 7-item scale for GAD in postpartum and pregnant women. This research used 240 perinatal women where experienced psychiatrists carried out the diagnoses. The score from the EPDS and GAD-7 were compared with the diagnoses from the clinic.
The results showed that Gad-7 yielded greater accuracy and identified GA...