title: Lifetime comorbidity among anxiety disorders and between anxiety disorders and other mental disorders in adolescents.
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.
authors.affiliation: Oregon Research Institute, Eugene 97403-1983, USA.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Lewinsohn
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zinbarg
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Seeley
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lewinsohn
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Sack
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D009922:Oregon / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data