Question

Nelly reports her family often refers to her as "Worry Nelly." She explains she worries from the time she gets up in the morning until the time she goes to bed. She reports she worries about what the weather will be like tomorrow and how her favorite football team will do on Sunday. Which disorder is Nelly most likely experiencing?

Answer 1

Answer:

b. Generalized anxiety disorder

Explanation:

The options for this question are missing. The options are:

a. Bipolar disorder

b. Generalized anxiety disorder

c. Obsessive-Compulsive disorder

d. Major depressive disorder

In psychopathology and the DSM-V the Generalized anxiety disorder is a mental disorder that has the following characteristics:

• The person has excessive anxiety and worries for at least 6 months.
• The person cannot control the excesive worryness
• The person might be easily fatigued, lack sleep, feel irritable or have difficulties with concentration.
• These symptoms are not explained by another disorder.

In this example, Nelly is referred to as "Worry Nelly", she worries from the time she gets up until she goes to bed. She worries about a lot of things like what the weather will be like tomorrow and how her favorite football team will do on Sunday. We can see that she has excessive anxiety and worries that she can control and, although this is not mentioned she might likely have difficulties with sleeping too. Therefore, she is most likely experiencing Generalized anxiety disorder.