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.
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Rafał Jaeschke, Marcin Siwek, Dominika Dudek
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