for generalized anxiety is met when the participant reports a period of feeling worried, tense, or anxious that lasted at least six months. The CIDI-SF also assesses for panic attacks, not panic disorder per se, because the time-frame for the interview could not specifically evaluate the DSM-III-R criteria that either four panic attacks occur within a 4-week period or that one or more panic attacks are followed by a 4-week period of persistent fear of having another panic attack.
