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Trastorno de ansiedad generalizada - Symptom

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Síntomas:

El síntoma principal es la presencia casi constante de preocupación o tensión, incluso cuando hay poca o ninguna causa. Las preocupaciones parecen flotar de un problema a otro, como problemas familiares o de relaciones interpersonales, cuestiones de trabajo, dinero, salud y otros problemas.

Incluso estando consciente de que sus preocupaciones o miedos son más fuertes de lo necesario, una persona con trastorno de ansiedad generalizada aún tiene dificultad para controlarlos.

Otros síntomas abarcan:

  • Dificultad para concentrarse
  • Fatiga
  • Irritabilidad
  • Problemas para conciliar el sueño y permanecer dormido, y sueño que a menudo no es reparador ni satisfactorio
  • Inquietud y a menudo resultar sobresaltado con mucha facilidad

Junto con las preocupaciones y las ansiedades, también pueden estar presentes muchos síntomas físicos, como tensión muscular (temblor, dolor de cabeza) y problemas estomacales, como náuseas o diarrea.

Pruebas y exámenes:

El médico llevará a cabo un examen físico y exámenes psiquiátricos. Dichos exámenes se harán para descartar otras afecciones y comportamientos que causan síntomas similares.

  • Reviewed last on: 4/11/2011
  • David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc., Fred K. Berger, MD, Addiction and Forensic Psychiatrist, Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, California.

Referencias

Anxiety Disorders. National Institute of Mental Health. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Accessed February 5, 2010.

Hoffmann SG, Smits JA. Cognitive-behavioral therapy for adult anxiety disorders: a meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials. J Clin Psychiatry. 2008;69:621-632.

Pollack MH, Kinrys G, Delong H, Vasconcelos e Sá D, Simon NM. The pharmacotherapy of anxiety disorders. In: Stern TA, Rosenbaum JF, Fava M, Biederman J, Rauch SL, eds. Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry. 1st ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier;2008:chap 41.

Connolly SD, Bernstein GA. Work Group on Quality Issues. Practice parameter for the assessment and treatmetn of children and adolescents with anxiety disorders. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2007;46:267-283.

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