title: [Generalized anxiety and depression should be diagnosis classified together].
abstract: Generalized anxiety disorder has a high prevalence in Denmark. From being an exclusion diagnosis to other anxiety disorders, the classification criteria have been made more strict in recent editions of international classifications. However, a marked comorbidity with depression questions the nosological status of generalized anxiety disorder. A review of psychiatric and psychological studies focusing on nosological aspects is presented, supporting that generalized anxiety disorder may be more appropriately classified together with depression as distress disorders.
authors.affiliation: Center for Psykiatrisk Forskning, Aarhus Universitetshospital, Risskov, Skovagervej 2, 8240 Risskov, Denmark.
authors.forename: Sidsel Marie
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Pedersen
authors.forename: Raben
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
mesh_terms: D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis; D015897:Comorbidity; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases