In recent years, a growing number of clinical and epidemiological studies have reported high rates of comorbid anxiety disorder in patients with bipolar disorder. These studies have stated that comorbid anxiety disorder in bipolar patients is the rule rather than the exception. Lifetime anxiety disorder comorbidity rates among bipolar disorder patients are estimated to be between 24% and 93%, b...

Epidemiologic surveys conducted across Europe indicate that the lifetime prevalence of social anxiety disorder in the general population is close to 7%. The disorder in adulthood rarely presents in its 'pure' form and 70-80% of patients have at least one other psychiatric disorder, most commonly depression. Social anxiety disorder is a risk factor for the development of depression and alcohol/s...

Research evaluating the relationship of comorbidity to treatment outcome for panic disorder has produced mixed results. The current study examined the relationship of comorbid depression and anxiety to treatment outcome in a large-scale, multi-site clinical trial for cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) for panic disorder. Comorbidity was associated with more severe panic disorder symptoms, althoug...

Anxiety is common in youth with autism spectrum disorder. Despite this common co-occurrence, studies targeting anxiety in this population are hindered by the under-developed state of measures in youth with autism spectrum disorder. Content validity (the extent to which an instrument measures the domain of interest) and an instrument's relevance to the patient population are key components of me...

The aim of this research is reduction the symptoms of anxiety disorder, through MBCT. It seems that two main parameters of this treatment namely avoiding from mental rumination and avoidant states in a particular way with Anxiety Disorder. Meanwhile applying this type of treatment for reduction of the symptoms and rupture of disorder continuation chain could be useful. This is a Quasi-experimen...

BACKGROUND Anxiety disorders are present in a high percentage of alcoholism treatment patients. We tested the prediction that having a comorbid anxiety disorder increases the prospective risk for relapse to drinking after alcoholism treatment. We also explored the prospective associations of specific anxiety syndromes (and depression) with drinking and anxiety outcomes. METHODS We assessed th...

Women who were referred with an eating disorder (ED) were compared with a matched normal control group to answer the following questions: What are the frequencies of anxiety disorders in cases of anorexia and bulimia nervosa diagnosed according to DSM-IV criteria? Are anxiety disorders significantly more frequent among women with an eating disorder than among women from the community? We assess...

social anxiety disorder is a common anxiety disorders in childhood and adolescence. adolescence is a period during which the individual believes will lead to different outcomes. the aim of this study was to compare early maladaptive schemas in two groups of adolescents with social anxiety disorder and normal adolescents. the present study was causal-comparative. population was consisted of all ...