Anxiety: A Close Companion of Depression
I wrote in an earlier blog piece that depression seems to bring other disorders with it more often than not. These include anxiety disorders, eating disorders, drug and alcohol addiction and attention-deficit disorder. The most common of these companion illnesses is any type of anxiety disorder. According to a study by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), anxiety disorders affect about 40 million adult Americans in any given year.
Several different disorders fall under the anxiety category. These include Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Panic Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Acute Stress Disorder, PTSD (Post TraumaticStress Disorder), phobias (including social phobia) and Agoraphobia.
March 7th, 2007 at 9:48 am
Hi, great post. For me, I think the anxiety came before the depression. But, it’s hard to say since I’ve had both off and on since childhood.
Hope you get a chance to check out my blog, Mental Health Minutes.
-Jennifer