ABSTRACT
MEI LIAO, FAN YANG, YAN ZHANG, ZHONG HE, MING SONG, TIANZI JIANG, ZEXUAN LI, SHAOJIA LU, WEIWEI WU, LINYAN SU, AND LINGJIANG LIL
8.1 INTRODUCTION
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a common anxiety disorder that usually begins in adolescence, and it affects about 5.7% people in the general population [1]. GAD often co-occurs with major depressive disorder [2] and causes significant distress or impairment in life [3]. However, GAD is less studied compared to other anxiety disorders [4], despite its high prevalence and clinical importance.
