scholarly journals Generalised Anxiety Disorder, Mortality and Disease: A Stronger Predictor than Major Depressive Disorder

10.5772/19467 ◽  
2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna C.
Keyword(s):  
Major Depressive Disorder ◽  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Depressive Disorder ◽  
Generalised Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Major Depressive

scholarly journals Major depressive disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, and their comorbidity: Associations with cortisol in the Vietnam Experience Study

2011 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 682-690 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna C. Phillips ◽  
G. David Batty ◽  
Catharine R. Gale ◽  
Janet M. Lord ◽  
Wiebke Arlt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Major Depressive Disorder ◽  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Depressive Disorder ◽  
Generalised Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Major Depressive

scholarly journals Does the millennial generation of women experience more mental illness than their mothers?

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jake M. Najman ◽  
William Bor ◽  
Gail M. Williams ◽  
Christel M. Middeldorp ◽  
Abdullah A. Mamun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Major Depressive Disorder ◽  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Depressive Disorder ◽  
Sensitivity Analyses ◽  
Generalised Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Major Depressive ◽  
Data Set

Abstract Background There is concern that rates of mental disorders may be increasing although findings disagree. Using an innovative design with a daughter-mother data set we assess whether there has been a generational increase in lifetime ever rates of major depressive disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) experienced prior to 30 years of age. Methods Pregnant women were recruited during 1981–1983 and administered the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) at the 27-year follow-up (2008–11). Offspring were administered the CIDI at the 30-year follow-up (2010–2014). Comparisons for onset of diagnosis are restricted to daughter and mother dyads up to 30 years of age. To address recall bias, disorders were stratified into more (≥12 months duration) and less persistent episodes (< 12 months duration) for the purposes of comparison. Sensitivity analyses with inflation were used to account for possible maternal failure to differentially recall past episodes. Results When comparing life time ever diagnoses before 30 years, daughters had higher rates of persistent generalised anxiety disorder, and less persistent major depressive disorder, generalised anxiety disorder and PTSD. Conclusions In the context of conflicting findings concerning generational changes in mental disorders we find an increase in generational rates of persistent generalised anxiety disorders and a range of less persistent disorders. It is not clear whether this finding reflects actual changes in symptom levels over a generation or whether there has been a generational change in recognition of and willingness to report symptoms of mental illness.

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