Anxiety in a neglected population:
Prevalence of anxiety disorders in pre-adolescent children
Chronic early trauma alters children's stress reactivity and increases
the prevalence of anxiety disorders; yet the neuroendocrine and immune mechanisms underpinning this effect are not fully clear.
Anxiety disorders are among the most common mental disorders during childhood and adolescence, with a prevalence of 3 — 5 % in school - age children (6 — 12 years) and 10 — 19 % in adolescents (13 — 18 years); 1, 2 and
the prevalence of anxiety disorders in this population tends to increase over time.3 Anxiety is the most common psychological symptom reported by children and adolescents; however, presentation varies with age as younger patients often report undifferentiated anxiety symptoms, for example, muscle tension, headache, stomachache or angry outbursts.4 According to the standard diagnostic systems, there are various types of anxiety disorders, for example, generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), social phobias (SOP), social anxiety disorder (SAD), panic disorder (PD), overanxious disorder, separation anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD).5 Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents often occur with a number of comorbidities, such as autism spectrum disorders, 6 depressive disorders, 7 conduct disorder, 8 substance abuse9 or suicide - related behaviour.10 Youths with anxiety disorders experience serious impairment in social functioning (eg, poor school achievement; relational problems with family members and peers).11, 12 Childhood and adolescent anxiety disorders can persist despite treatment, 1 and they are associated with later adult psychopathology.13, 14
The global
prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms among caregivers of stroke survivors
Nations with a higher frequency of S allele carriers showed a lower
prevalence of anxiety (r (12) = − 0.55, p < 0.03) and mood disorders (r (12) = − 0.52, p < 0.05).
Collectivistic nations showed a lower
prevalence of anxiety (r (12) = − 0.73, p < 0.004) and mood disorders (r (12) = − 0.80, p < 0.001)(table 2).
Critically, our results further indicate that greater population frequency of S allele carriers is associated with decreased
prevalence of anxiety and mood disorders due to increased cultural collectivism.
Taken together, the current findings support our hypothesis that population frequency of S allele carriers predicts decreased
prevalence of anxiety and mood disorders across nations owing to increased collectivistic cultural values.
(c) Colour map of frequency of global
prevalence of anxiety.
A potentially parsimonious explanation for the increased prevalence of S allele carriers, yet decreased
prevalence of anxiety and mood disorders, in East Asia relative to other geographical regions is culture — gene coevolution of human behaviour.
Analyses were conducted using aggregate published data on allelic frequency of 5 - HTTLPR, cultural values of individualism — collectivism and global
prevalence of anxiety and mood disorders, which refers to bipolar disorder, dysthymia and major depressive disorder defined by DSM IV / CIDI criteria in the 2008 World Health Organization (WHO) survey, with nation as the cultural unit of analysis.
Hence, culture variation in the epidemiological
prevalence of anxiety and depression is likely due to geographical variation in the cultural adoption of collectivistic social norms.
Importantly, in the current study, divergent validity analyses indicated that cultural values and allelic frequency of the serotonin transporter gene predicted global
prevalence of anxiety and mood disorders, but not impulse control and substance abuse.
Importantly, we also reveal a novel and surprising negative association between individualism — collectivism, frequency of S allele carriers of the serotonin transporter gene and global
prevalence of anxiety and mood disorder.
Additionally, cultural values and frequency of S allele carriers negatively predict global
prevalence of anxiety and mood disorder.
establish
the prevalence of anxiety, depression and unmet needs, and document quality of life and patterns of care in cancer patients from Chinese, Arabic and Greek speaking CALD communities across Australia in the first six months of diagnosis
Ten topic areas were selected:
prevalence of anxiety and depression, prevalence of substance misuse and self - medication, suicide rates, risk factors for anxiety and depression, help - seeking rates for anxiety and depression, barriers to help - seeking, interventions for anxiety and depression, attitudes of medical colleagues, impact on patient care, and impact on work and family life.
Despite
the prevalence of anxiety among lawyers, we rarely discuss healthy ways of managing it.
Their previous research demonstrates a high
prevalence of anxiety among children experiencing reading difficulties.
Despite the high
prevalence of anxiety, professionals all too often prescribe medication as part of the treatment, when many individuals find that simple lifestyle changes can make all the difference they need.
There were differences in the types of disorders: patients in Paris, for example, had a higher
prevalence of anxiety than those in Manchester, while depression was more common among Mancunians than Parisians.
Another cultural reason for
the prevalence of anxiety and insecurity is that the contemporary individual is no longer sustained by what Jung called the power of the «consensus Omnium.»
Not exact matches
Employees who reported sitting for longer than 6 hours per day had increased
prevalence of moderate symptoms
of anxiety and depression relative to those who reported sitting for less than 3 hours a day.»
Nobody should be surprised at the
prevalence of depression and
anxiety in Oregon patients requesting physician assisted suicide.
The University
of Michigan Composite International Diagnostic Interview (UM - CIDI), a revised version
of the CIDI, 23 was used to measure the
prevalence of the following 4 psychiatric disorders, as described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
of Mental Disorders, third edition, revised: 24
anxiety disorder (including one or more
of social phobia, simple phobia, agoraphobia, panic disorder and generalized
anxiety disorder); major depressive disorder; alcohol abuse or dependence; and externalizing problems that included one or more
of illicit drug abuse or dependence and antisocial behaviour.
It's the only
anxiety disorder exclusive to childhood and the
prevalence rate is about 4 per cent for school - aged children and 1.3 per cent
of teens, Dr. Mendlowitz says.
«Adults with migraines have triple the
prevalence of generalized
anxiety disorder.»
Culture
of fear is a term that refers to a perceived
prevalence of fear and
anxiety in public discourse and relationships, and how this may affect the way people interact with one another as individuals and as democratic agents.
The 11.5 % rate
of anxiety disorders — such phobia, panic or generalized
anxiety disorder — was slightly higher than in the general population (9 %), while the
prevalence of other mental health diagnoses was similar to rates in the general population.
In comparison, the
prevalence of PTSD in the U.S. general population is 3.5 percent, with 18 percent meeting criteria for any
anxiety disorder in the last year, and 9.5 percent meeting criteria for any mood disorder.
«While dozens
of clinical trials have demonstrated the effectiveness
of collaborative care for treating depression in primary care, comparatively few have addressed
anxiety, despite their similar
prevalence and adverse impact on health - related quality
of life and excess utilization
of health services,» said Bruce L. Rollman, M.D., M.P.H., professor
of medicine and director
of Pitt's Center for Behavioral Health and Smart Technology.
HPV - related oral cancers are rising in
prevalence among white men in the United States, and fear
of transmitting the virus can lead to
anxiety, divorce, and curtailing
of sex and intimacy among couples, says D'Souza.
First author Professor Esme Fuller - Thomson, Sandra Rotman Endowed Chair at University
of Toronto's Factor - Inwentash Faculty
of Social Work and Director
of the Institute for Life Course & Aging explains, «this link between migraine and generalized
anxiety disorders in the past year was partially explained by the disturbingly high
prevalence of debilitating chronic pain (30 %) and problems in managing household responsibilities (28 %) among those with migraine.»
At follow - up, there were no significant differences between the two groups in terms
of the
prevalence of PTSD (11 %), depression or
anxiety (6 %) and alcohol abuse (12 %)(table 4).
Based on clinically validated questionnaires, 41 %
of respondents showed moderate to severe
anxiety and 39 % moderate to severe depression, both
of which are more than six times the
prevalence found in studies
of the general population.
They then compared prescribing patterns with known
prevalence rates
of attention deficit - hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),
anxiety disorders, and depression between young children (3 to 5 years), older children (6 to 12 years), adolescents (13 to 18 years), and young adults (19 to 24 years).
Children with a food allergy had a significantly higher
prevalence of childhood
anxiety, a new study has found.
«Given the high
prevalence of depression and
anxiety found in this border community, providers should regularly assess for depression and
anxiety and either provide or refer to treatment when symptoms arise,» said Kendzor.
The
prevalence of depression and
anxiety is approximately 40 % in COPD patients while the corresponding figure is less than 10 % in the general population.»
This study examined the
prevalence and types
of secondhand harm among Canadian undergraduates, and whether certain personality risks for alcohol use disorder — impulsivity, sensation seeking, hopelessness,
anxiety sensitivity — can predict secondhand - harm exposure.
Nevertheless, diabetic men seem to live more effectively with their disease, showing lower
prevalence of depression and
anxiety, more active problem - oriented, and solving approach strategies, a better health - related quality
of life and positive wellbeing (340).
However, adolescents in the «invisible» risk group had similar
prevalence of suicidal thoughts,
anxiety, subthreshold depression and depression as the «high» risk group.
There has long been a belief that a major reason for the high
prevalence of smoking in people with psychiatric disorders is that nicotine helps with psychiatric symptoms — by improving negative mood and
anxiety, for example.
«However, given the
prevalence of depression,
anxiety, and suicidal ideation / suicide in the general population, and especially the adolescent population who may be candidates for isotretinoin therapy,» state AAD guidelines for the use
of the acne medication, «the prescribing physician should continue to monitor for these symptoms and make therapeutic decisions within the context
of each individual patient.»
Additionally, people with bipolar disorder as well as depressive and
anxiety disorders were found to have a higher
prevalence of anti-thyroid antibodies.
We use novel survey data from San Francisco to identify the patterns and
prevalence of economic
anxiety among teachers and how this
anxiety relates to teachers» attitudes and behaviors.
The escalating
prevalence of anger and violence in youth has been associated in part with increased levels
of anxiety and stress [13].
In this cross-sectional study, we compared online and paper - based screening for depression and
anxiety in adults with CF. Comparable results were found in both groups for
prevalence rates and mean scores
of depression and
anxiety, with no statistical differences evident.
Depression and
anxiety in ovarian cancer: a systematic review and meta - analysis
of prevalence rates
Conclusions: Lifestyle self - monitoring for two or four months did not reduce the
prevalence of the IBS significantly, but it did decrease
anxiety and improved the QOL related to gastrointestinal symptoms in female nursing school students.