As highlighted on the slide, anxiety disorders are often comorbid with other mental disorders: ~60% of patients with one anxiety disorder have at least one other comorbid anxiety or depressive disorder,1,2 and ~30% of individuals have three or more of these disorders.1,2
References:
- Lamers F, van Oppen P, Comijs HC, et al. Comorbidity patterns of anxiety and depressive disorders in a large cohort study: the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA). J Clin Psychiatry 2011; 72 (3): 341–348.
- 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.