29. Epidemiology and prevention of anxiety disorders
- Epidemiology
- Common in adolescents
- Most prevalent psychiatric disorders
- 22% of young people
- Impairment, high health-care utilization, economic burden
- Women > men
- Risk factors
- Neurobiological factors
- Substance abuse
- Stress
- Smoking
- Psychological trauma
- Comorbidities
- Subtypes
- Generalized anxiety disorder
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Panic disorder
- Most common in middle-aged
- Social anxiety disorder
- Specific phobias
- Treatment
- Cognitive behavioural therapy
- Medication