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Health Encyclopedia: Anxiety Disorders Risk Factors
- Anxiety Disorders - Risk Factors
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Risk Factors
As many as 25% of all American adults experience intense anxiety at sometime in their lives. The prevalence of true anxiety disorders is much lower, although they are still the most common psychiatric conditions in the United States and affect more than 20 million Americans.
Gender. With the exception of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and possibly social anxiety, women have twice the risk for most anxiety disorders as men. A number of factors may increase the reported risk in wom...
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Expert & Community Posts
Born to be Scared?
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert...In this posting I thought I’d look at fear and phobias as just one example of the nature v... Read more »
Dental Phobia
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert...apprehension, to moderate anxiety, to an outright phobia. Phobia's are defined along the lines... Read more »
Social Anxiety Disorder Survey Reveals Severity of Impact of Widespread Disorder
By Kimberly Tyler , Health Expert...widespread of all anxiety disorders (after specific phobias). SAD, also known as social phobia,... Read more »
Merely Me's Happiness Project
By Merely Me , Health Expert...fears something or other. And some of us even have phobias. I borrowed a book from the... Read more »
Anxiety: A Close Companion to Depression
By Deborah Gray , Health Expert...Stress Disorder, PTSD (Post TraumaticStress Disorder), phobias (including social phobia) and... Read more »
Health Guide
Anxiety Disorders: Introduction
...disorder (GAD), which is long lasting and low-gradePanic disorder, which has more dramatic symptomsPhobiasObsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)Separation anxiety... Read more »Anxiety Disorders: Medications
...depression may be required in order to achieve benefits. More research is needed on the optimal dosages.Phobias. SSRIs may also help people with phobias, including agoraphobia and social phobias.... Read more »Anxiety Disorders: Complications
...panic disorder and depression. One study reported suicide attempts in about 12% of people with social phobias or OCD. If a person has an anxiety disorder and a mood disorders (such as depression),... Read more »Alcoholism: Risk Factors
...with behavior such as alcohol abuse.Specific anxiety disorders, such as panic disorders and social phobia, may pose particular risks for alcohol and substance abuse. Social phobia causes an... Read more »Bipolar Disorder Risk Factors
...general population. Patients with bipolar disorder, particularly those with type II, are also subject to phobias. In one study, the presence of anxiety disorders was also associated with longer... Read more »Images
Medications
...stress disorder, social anxiety disorder (social phobia), and a severe form of premenstrual... Read more »
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