Co-occurrence of somatic illnesses and anxiety disorders

Multiple lines of evidence show the high rates of anxiety symptoms and disorders and people with many different somatic illnesses, and vice versa.¹ When conditions do occur comorbidly, both the anxiety and the somatic illness tend to be more severe than if they had occurred separately.¹

Reference:

1.Latas M, Vučinić Latas D, Spasić Stojaković M. Anxiety disorders and medical illness comorbidity and treatment implications. Curr Opin Psychiatry 2019; 32 (5): 429–434.