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Meanings of GAD in English

Portuguese
transtorno de ansiedade generalizada

An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.

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transtorno de ansiedade generalizada
Spanish
vagar

Wander aimlessly in search of pleasure.

vagar
Synonyms
Examples for "generalized anxiety disorder"
Examples for "generalized anxiety disorder"
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Later, approval was expanded to include generalized anxiety disorder and fibromyalgia.
Reuters
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Worry, the core component of generalized anxiety disorder, is associated with disordered eating.
Pubmed
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Objectives: To assess the efficacy and acceptability of antidepressants for treating generalized anxiety disorder.
Pubmed
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My guess is that Chris has generalized anxiety disorder, but his is a mild case.
It's nobody's fault: new hope and help for difficult children an...
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Duloxetine patients with depression or generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) were excluded.
Pubmed
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The test measures the subject's changes in respiration, heartbeat and perspiration - anxiety reactions allegedly correlated with lying.
Wired
Portuguese
espora
Spanish
espuelas

A sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward.

espora
Usage of GAD in English
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Findings support the idea that IU is a critical construct underlying GAD.
Pubmed
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Studies of whether or not GAD runs in families have been inconclusive.
It's nobody's fault: new hope and help for difficult children an...
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Most information about GAD-MDD comorbidity comes from patient samples and retrospective surveys.
Pubmed
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A seven-year-old boy with GAD was terrified of taking tests in school.
It's nobody's fault: new hope and help for difficult children an...
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Most kids with GAD will be perfectionists, conforming and unsure of themselves.
It's nobody's fault: new hope and help for difficult children an...
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We tested whether risk factors for MDD and GAD are similar or different.
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Results: Latent class analysis identified a 5-class model of AUD and GAD symptoms.
Pubmed
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Only GAD and agoraphobia were more frequent in case relatives independent of OCD.
Pubmed
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Among those who tested positive, titers of antibodies to GAD were not high.
Pubmed
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Most single items of the HAMA contribute nearly equally in patients with GAD.
Pubmed
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Of the anxiety disorders, GAD and Panic Disorder diagnoses predicted higher worry scores.
Pubmed
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I didn't understand that GAD can chronically impact your whole life.
Climbing Magazine
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Results: MDD and GAD were positively and significantly associated with all-cause and CVD mortality.
Pubmed
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Furthermore, biochemical characterization indicated that changes in GAD activity coincided with its mRNA levels.
Pubmed
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Five percent of patients showed GAD during the 4 weeks preceding the psychiatric evaluation.
Pubmed
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Family studies show distinct aggregation of GAD and major depression.
Pubmed
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common