The impact of anxiety disorders on the quality of compliance among patients with co-morbid psychiatric or medical conditions: there are many questions but where can we find the answers?
Journal Title: Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy - Year 2011, Vol 13, Issue 4
Abstract
High comorbidity rates with various psychiatric and medical disorders are an important feature of anxiety disorders. The authors of this article focus on the impact of co-existence of other medical problems on the quality of compliance in patients with anxiety disorders. They scrutinised up-to-date evidence on the discussed issue with relation to patients with prominent mental health problems (major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia) or medical disorders.
Authors and Affiliations
Rafał Jaeschke, Marcin Siwek, Dominika Dudek
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