Common conditions comorbid with anxiety disorders

This study reanalyzed data from the National Comorbidity Survey – Replication cohort to estimate the prevalence of multiple anxiety disorder comorbidities.1 Strikingly, 60% of people with an anxiety disorder also had another comorbid anxiety or depressive disorder.¹ Studies into mental disorder often contain exclusion criteria about multimorbidity, potentially masking the true prevalence of anxiety disorders; future studies could adopt a trans-diagnostic approach that more closely resembles the real world.¹

Reference:

1.Goldstein-Piekarski AN, Williams LM, Humphreys K. A trans-diagnostic review of anxiety disorder comorbidity and the impact of multiple exclusion criteria on studying clinical outcomes in anxiety disorders. Transl Psychiatry 2016; 6 (6): e847.