A 30-year-old woman with no significant medical history presents with excessive worry most days for over 6 months about work, finances and health, ass...

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A 30-year-old woman with no significant medical history presents with excessive worry most days for over 6 months about work, finances and health, associated with irritability and sleep disturbance. There are no panic attacks, obsessions or psychosis. What is the MOST likely diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Generalised anxiety disorder

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Major depressive disorder

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Panic disorder

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Adjustment disorder

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Obsessive-compulsive disorder

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Generalised anxiety disorder

A 30-year-old woman with no significant medical history presents with excessive worry most days for over 6 months about work, finances and health, associated with irritability and sleep disturbance. There are no panic attacks, obsessions or psychosis. What is the MOST likely diagnosis?