{"id":5381,"date":"2026-05-24T10:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T08:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/psyctc\/?post_type=docs&p=5381"},"modified":"2026-05-24T10:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T08:42:08","password":"","slug":"gad-2","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/psyctc\/glossary2\/gad-2\/","title":{"rendered":"GAD-2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“GAD” stands for “Generalised Anxiety Disorder” and this is the two item short form from the GAD-7 and sibling to the PHQ-2 (“Personal Health Questionnaire-2”, q.v.<\/a>). When the GAD-2 is combined with the PHQ-2 we get the PHQ-4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Details<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

It consists of just two items from the GAD-7: “Feeling nervous, anxious or on edge” and “Not being able to stop or control worrying”. Like the other measures in the PHQ\/GAD family the stem is \u201cOver the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by the following problems?\u201d and the scoring is on a four point scale: \u201cNot at all\u201d, \u201cSeveral days\u201d, \u201cMore than half the days\u201d and \u201cNearly every day\u201d scored 0, 1, 2 and 3 so the score range is from zero to six. It is described as a screening measure but as with any such very short self-report measures, its screening parameters, even in use where depression is very prevalent, will be terrible and clearly the score range is very limited for any use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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