Important issues in patients with anxiety and somatic comorbidities

Many somatic illnesses commonly occur comorbidly with anxiety disorders, including neurological diseases, cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes, and pain.¹ However, despite the high prevalence of comorbidity, there are few studies examining how best to help treat people with anxiety and comorbid somatic illness, this is a substantial gap in the literature.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.