According to Cristpher (2019), Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) is overwhelming, chronic worry about many aspects of life. Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) in childhood or adulthood is extremely worried and tension about everyday events that the child or adolescent unable to manage, and that is expressed on most days for at least six months, to the extent that there is trouble or complexity in accomplishing day-to-day tasks.
Based on Cristopher (2019)’s studies, GAD affects about 1% of children and 3% of adolescents. In children, it often involves fears about the family and about performing well at school. Children with GAD often have difficulties coping in the home environment, with daily tasks and self-care. Based on diagnostic interview data from Department of Psychological Medicine(2016), the past-year prevalence of generalised anxiety disorder among UK children is highly comorbid, with only 14% of one survey not having a comorbid anxiety disorder. Besides that, the prevalence among adolescents the lifetime prevalence is 3%; if one relaxes the duration criteria to the last three months, the lifetime prevalence increases to 5%. An estimated 2.7% of US adults had generalised anxiety disorder in the past year. A survey of children and adolescents aged 5 to 16 years in the UK in 2004 estimated that 0.7% had GAD, the prevalence of generalised anxiety disorder of girls was higher than boys; 0.6 % of UK girls experience generalised anxiety disorder girls, and there are 0.6 % of boys experiencing GAD(Meltzer,2015). The US National Replication survey included participants aged 13 to 18, who had a lifetime prevalence of GAD of 3%. Whereby in Malaysia….