Talk:General anxiety disorder
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[edit] Criticisms
The following was inserted underneath the criticisms but it doesn't seem NPOV - it reads like an opinion you would see posted on a forum in response to the criticisms. Needs some kind of rewrite. -- Barrylb 10:22, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
Despite this, it remains for a doctor to diagnose whether a person's condition warrants medical intervention. Every case will not uniquely fit the diagnostic criteria in the DSM IV-TR. In cases where there is some ambiguity as to whether a diagnosis of GAD should be made, counseling may be in order to see if the anxiety can be resolved without the use of medication. Drugs are not a quick fix, but they can and have significantly improved the lives of millions of people dealing with anxiety.
There is something here that does not appear in much literature. It can take a long time for anxiety to be recognised. What happens is that the sufferer has an armoury of excuses which sometimes seem to make sense. Social:"I am not washed - I havent time - my hair's a mess - I'm not presentable - I dont like X - I would be much happier reading a book - you are always going out - you never spend any time with me -" Literally hundreds. Ordinary household requirements: "I'll do it later, could you do it for me - let's have a takeaway tonight - let's have a lazy day - not on Saturday - not on Sunday - I'm tired right now - all you want is a maid - stop nagging " Again hundreds. What I am saying is that the tests for identifying are far too clumsy. The tests need to be expanded to basically cover the fact that every single time there is a posssible symptom of anxiety, there is an excuse. And to every suggestion there is a No. In other words, as an ailment the tests are not catching sufferers. And when it comes to CT there are rejections. "I dont want to go for a walk - I'm feeling very happy lying here - It's too wet to go out to the group - I'm not one of them - " Not only has the treatment no chance - the manufactured excuses lay the groundwork for denial of the condition once again. The ailment protects itself in the first place by refusing recognition through each-case-explanations and it fights back later with (objectively) each-case-explanations and specious muffins or star gazing
- If it doesn't appear in much literature, then it probably doesn't belong on Wikipedia. Perodicticus 10:44, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
Perodicticus i could not understand what you were trying to say. Could you explain your point more simply? (Middleton, 12:11, 18 October 2006 (UNSW)
[edit] References are needed
Too many statements are unreferenced. There should be references added here. JonesRDtalk 18:23, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
- This form of denial seems to be a barrier to the prognosis of many types of mental illness, and not particularly specific or relevant to general anxiety disorder. 207.215.10.108 20:09, 21 October 2006 (UTC
I would like to see some natural/homeopathic treatment for GAD, maybe St. John's Wort or Omega 3's?
A discussion of st john's wort and other non-refined chemical therapies would be a good addition to this article. The "criticisms" article is definitely biassed against drug therapy for GAD, and I'm not sure the point about there being no proof that drugs help GAD is accurate. sarahj
