The Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) scale in adolescents with generalized anxiety disorder: signal detection and validation

摘要

BACKGROUNDIn pediatric patients with anxiety disorders, existing symptom inventories are either not freely available or require extensive time and effort to administer. We sought to evaluate a brief, self-report scale—the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item Scale (GAD-7)—in adolescents with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).