View source for 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
*** Most common in elderly
** Post-traumatic stress disorder
** Panic disorder
*** Most common in middle-aged
** Social anxiety disorder
*** Most common in young
** Specific phobias
* Treatment
** Cognitive behavioural therapy
** Medication

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