Anxiety and the risk of subsequent morbidity

The risk of the development of subsequent somatic conditions in people with anxiety disorders may be increased indirectly by poor lifestyle and behavioural choices associated with anxiety.² The risk of the development of subsequent somatic conditions in people with anxiety disorders may be increased directly by physiological processes related to anxiety, and by the frequent comorbidity of anxiety disorders with depressive disorders, which are also considered a risk factor for the development of various somatic conditions.²

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