American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Suicide Risk Assessment And Management

Anxiety disorders are at once among the most disabling and the most prevalent of the psychiatric disordersAmore common than either mood or substance use disorders. Often misdiagnosed and undertreatedAperhaps because it is often difficult for patients to seek help and for caregivers to appreciate the morbidity of anxiety disorders Athese disorders account for a staggering one-third of all costs related to psychiatric disorders.