n contrast to the relationship between substance abuse and bipolar disorder, the relationship between bipolar I disorder and anxiety disorders is vastly underexplored, underappreciated, and certainly understudied. This inattention is surprising in light of the fact that anxiety disorders have the highest rate of comorbidity with bipolar disorder , exceeding the comorbidity rate even of substanc...

BACKGROUND Among individuals with anxiety disorders, comorbid personality disorders (PDs) increase cross-sectional symptom severity and decrease functioning. Little is known, however, about how PDs influence the course of anxiety disorders over time. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of PDs on the persistence of four anxiety disorders in a nationally representative sample in t...

Anxiety disorders and substance use disorders are highly comorbid (between 18% and 37%), and such comorbidity complicates treatment and worsens prognosis (including higher suicide risk). There are not many research works on the specific pharmacologic treatment of dual comorbid anxiety disorders. Most authors recommend a simultaneous approach of both, anxiety and substance use, disorders. Resear...

OBJECTIVE There are conflicting reports about whether individual anxiety disorders are independently associated with suicidal ideation and suicide attempts. We examined whether anxiety disorders are related to suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in a community sample of South Korean adults. METHODS In-person interviews based on the South Korean version of the Composite International Diagno...

abstract background: chronic urticaria (cu) is a common dermatological disease that induces a substantial burden on individuals’ life. also if one’s self-image changes (which usually happen in patients with dermatological diseases), it leads to anxiety or other various symptoms. we aimed to compare the psychological scales in patients with cu with non-dermatological individuals with the purpose...

A nxiety disorders represent a group of diverse medical conditions that are dominated by worry, fear, anxiety, tension, unrest and many others such as conversion and somatization symptoms (1, 3, 4). Anxiety disorder often occurs as a situational disorder and observation allows differentiation of normal, neurotic and psychotic anxiety. They belong to a group of disorders that are, according to M...

Our ancestors without fear, worry and anxiety are not our ancestors, as organisms without defense systems were extinct. Therefore, while behavior such as fear and anxiety are useful to prevent harm, the exaggerated form, that is, anxiety disorders, has more costs than benefits. Likewise, while a panic attack is a normal and useful response in the face of life-threatening danger, a panic disorde...

CONTEXT Controversy surrounds the diagnostic categorization of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). OBJECTIVES To examine the incidence, comorbidity, and risk patterns for anxiety and depressive disorders and to test whether developmental features of GAD more strongly support a view of this condition as a depressive as opposed to an anxiety disorder. DESIGN Face-to-face, 10-year prospective ...

This study was designed to explore the role of perceived parenting behavior in the relationship between parent and offspring anxiety disorders in a high-risk sample of adolescents. We examined the relationship between parental and child anxiety disorders and tested whether perceived parenting behavior acted as a mediator between these variables. Analyses were performed on a high-risk sample of ...

Examined the associations of adolescents' self-reported anxiety sensitivity with semi-structured, interview-based anxiety and depressive symptoms and anxiety disorders. The sample included 121 adolescents and their parents who participated in a larger epidemiological, high-risk family study of substance abuse and anxiety disorders (Merikangas, Dierker, & Szatmari, 1998). A series of hierarchica...