GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER AND ITS COMORBIDITIES - DISPUTES AT THE BOUNDARIES

This theoretical paper reviews the status of generalized anxiety disor der (GAD) and the Axis I and Axis II disorders with which it is often comorbid. Differences in comorbidity between the epidemiological and c linical literatures are discussed. Special attention is given to panic disorder, the symptoms of which are similar to those of GAD. The boun daries of GAD and its relationship to other Axis I disorders and to Ax is II disorders raise important implications for its classification.