Lucas incessantly thinks about opening the largest window in his high-rise apartment building and jumping into the street below. To distract himself from these thoughts, he counts to himself backward from 100, over and over again. In this case, it is likely that Lucas would be classified as having:
a. generalized anxiety disorder
b. obsessive-compulsive disorder
c. panic disorder
d. schizophrenia
B
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