Life With Generalized Anxiety Research Paper

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Life with Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Marisa A. Cinquepalmi
Lindenwood University- Belleville

Author Note
Marisa A. Cinquepalmi, Department of Psychology, Lindenwood University- Belleville. Correspondence concerning this paper should be addressed to Marisa A. Cinquepalmi, Department of Psychology, Lindenwood University- Belleville, Belleville, IL 62226. E-mail: MAC583@lionmail.lindenwood.edu.

Life with Generalized Anxiety Disorder Generalized Anxiety Disorder affects approximately 3.1% of the U.S. adult population each year, causing 1.5-5.4 days of impairment during each given month (Priest, 2015). Anxiety is a commonly experienced emotion in everyday life. Everyone is familiar with the feeling anxiety from time to time, however, there are
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A key component for a person with suffering from any disorder is to know that they are not the only one who feels the way they do.

References
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Marganska, A., Gallagher, M., & Miranda, R. (2013). Adult attachment, emotion dysregulation, and symptoms of depression and generalized anxiety disorder. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 83, 131-141. doi:10.1111/ajop.12001
Priest, J. B. (2015). A Bowen family systems model of generalized anxiety disorder and romantic relationship distress. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 41, 340-353. doi:10.1111/jmft.12063
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