Chapter 10.Anxiety Disorders
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Anxiety is an extremely common problem in primary care and specialty medical settings. Because the 1-year prevalence rate of any anxiety disorder in the general population is approximately 22.2% (Kessler et al. 2012), many medically ill patients will have concurrent anxiety. The presence of anxiety disorders in such patients leads to less favorable medical outcomes and increased healthcare costs. Unfortunately, medical professionals often neglect to identify these treatable disorders. Even when they recognize distressing anxiety, some practitioners minimize its significance by considering it to be a “normal” response to the uncertainty and adversity associated with having a disease.
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