Maxine spends hours each day trying to suppress the intrusive worry that she may have forgotten to lock her house when she left for work. Her experience is most symptomatic of ______ disorder.

a. panic
b. bipolar
c. obsessive-compulsive
d. generalized anxiety


Ans: C

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