Elena experiences persistent, overwhelming feelings of apprehension and tension. She reports feeling deeply unhappy and constantly exhausted by these emotions, describing her daily life as 'an unbearable, constant struggle'. She has recently been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder.
Define the term 'distress' as it is used to diagnose Elena's mental disorder.
110 exam-style questions on Edexcel A Level Psychology Content, covering Diagnosis of mental disorders (4 Ds), Classification systems (DSM and ICD), Schizophrenia and one other disorder, Treatments for the two disorders, Individual differences, and Developmental psychology. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.