Examination of individuals who are identified with generalised anxiety disorder through their personality organization by psychodynamic psychology

Generalised anxiety disorder is hard to be controlled, consists stress and feeling of fear, causes significant loss of function.The aim of this study, according to DSM-5, is to see if the examination of the individuals who are identified with one of generalised anxiety disorders through their personality organization by using psychodynamic psychology effects their anxiety levels. The research has been carried out with 183 participants in total of which 127 women and 57 men who got in contact with the Psychiatrist (Ş.A) at Private ASV Yaşam Hospital Antalya and who were identified with generalised anxiety disorder according to the DSM-5 diagnosis criterias.The data collection was completed at Yaşam Hospital from July to December 2022. The average age of the participants in the sampling is 34,8 with a range from 18 up to 65 years old. Voluntary participants were asked to fill in 4 assessments including The Inventory of Personality Organization (IPO), Worry and Anxiety Questionnaire (WAQ), Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 (ASI-3) and Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7).Datas verified from the scales were statistically analysed by using the programme called Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 26.0 (SPSS). Results of the study introduced a meaningful and positive correlation between the Generalised Anxiety Disorder and sub-criterias of personality organization (primitive defences, identity difusion, reality testing) according to DSM-5 and also highlighted that anxiety levels varied according to different personality organizations. Research findings also proved that individuals who are more capable of neurotic personality organization had lower anxiety levels compared with individuals who are more psychotic personality organization. KEY WORDS: Primitive Defences, Identity Difusion, Reality Testing, Generalised Anxiety Disorder, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Personality Organizations.