GAD-7: Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale
A validated 7-item anxiety screening tool that measures the severity of generalized anxiety symptoms over the past two weeks.
Instructions: Over the last 2 weeks, how often has the client been bothered by the following problems? Select the response that best matches what the client reported.
1. Feeling nervous, anxious, or on edge
2. Not being able to stop or control worrying
3. Worrying too much about different things
4. Trouble relaxing
5. Being so restless that it's hard to sit still
6. Becoming easily annoyed or irritable
7. Feeling afraid as if something awful might happen
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Please answer all 7 questions to score the assessment.