Reference no: EM133263981

"Cliff has been suffering from excessive and uncontrollable worry almost every day for the past 15 years. His worry is not significant enough to cause noticeable physical symptoms such as heart pounding or sweating. Currently he worries about his financial situation, the health of his family, whether the traffic will be bad when he goes to work the next day, as well as a variety of other topics. This is in spite of the fact that he has a very good job, his family is in good health, and he leaves quite early in order to get to work on time. In other words, the things he worries about are normal and do not indicate an emergency or a crisis. The topics of his worry have changed a number of times over the last 15 years, but there always seems to be something that needs worry. Cliff is restless during the day, tired and fatigued most of the time, he can also be irritable, and he suffers from insomnia. His worrying has interfered with his job and his supervisor at work has given him poor performance evaluations. His relationships with his family have also suffered. They are just too exasperated with his chronic worries and complaints. His symptoms are not due to drug use, medications, or any medical condition."

Please answer only the following three questions:

1. What is Cliff's diagnosis?
2. What symptoms lead you to choose that diagnosis? That is, what symptoms listed in the DSM boxes fit Cliff?
3. Why did you rule out (i.e. reject) the other 9 DSM anxiety disorders listed in the chapter as the diagnoses?