<prompt> A 28-year-old woman says that she has always been a nervous person. She feels tense all the time, shows sympathetic and parasympathetic symptoms, and has insomnia. This womans condition is most likely to bePost-traumatic stress disorderGeneralized anxiety disorderObsessive-compulsive disorderAgoraphobia  <response>: Generalized anxiety disorder is characterized by persistent anxiety lasting at least 6 months, with tension, sympathetic and parasympathetic symptoms, and insomnia. In this condition, the symptoms of anxiety cannot be related to a specific person or situation; instead, anxiety is free floating. Reference: Kaplon and sadock, 11 th edition, synopsis of psychiatry, 11 th edition, pg no. 407 