Quick check-in on anxiety
The GAD-7 is a brief, validated screener for generalized anxiety. Seven questions, about a minute. Your responses stay in your browser — nothing is saved or sent.
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Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by the following problems?
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 is hard to sit still.
6. Becoming easily annoyed or irritable.
7. Feeling afraid as if something awful might happen.
7 questions remaining.
Source: Spitzer, Kroenke, Williams, & Löwe (2006). A brief measure for assessing generalized anxiety disorder. Arch Intern Med.
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