Lifetime comorbidity among anxiety disorders and between anxiety disorders and other mental disorders in adolescents

Author(s): Zinbarg, R., Seeley, J. R., Lewinsohn, M., Sack, W. H.

Journal/Book: J Anxiety Disord. 1997; 11: The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, England OX5 1GB. Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd. 377-394.

Abstract: We examine the lifetime comorbidity among anxiety disorders, and between anxiety disorders and other mental disorders, in a large (n = 1,507) community sample of high school students on whom extensive diagnostic data were available. Three diagnostic groups were formed: those with a lifetime anxiety disorder (n = 134); those with a nonanxiety disorder (n = 510); and those who had never met criteria for a mental disorder (n = 863). The intra-anxiety comorbidity rate was relatively low (18.7%), and was strongly associated with being female (92%). The lifetime comorbidity between anxiety and other mental disorders (primarily MDD) was substantial (73.1%) and was not associated with being female.

Note: Article Lewinsohn PM, Oregon Res Inst, 1715 Franklin Blvd, Eugene,OR 97403 USA

Keyword(s): PANIC DISORDER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; CO-MORBIDITY; FOLLOW-UP; CHILDREN; CLASSIFICATION; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; AGORAPHOBIA; CHILDHOOD

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