Open AccessCorrelates of worry and functional somatic symptoms in generalized anxiety disorder
Author(s) -
Vinay Kumar,
Ajit Avasthi,
Sandeep Grover
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/ipj.ipj_31_19
Subject(s) - worry , alexithymia , toronto alexithymia scale , generalized anxiety disorder , anxiety , clinical psychology , psychology , somatization , psychiatry , medicine
Worry and functional somatic symptoms (FSS) are important clinical features of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Although there is literature on the prevalence of worry and FSS in GAD, there is limited data on psychological correlates of worry and somatic symptoms in patients with GAD.