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Clinical significance and comorbidity of subthreshold depression and anxiety in the community
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OBJECTIVE: This report examines: 1) the magnitude of co-occurrence of threshold and subthreshold-level depression and anxiety in the community, and 2) the relationship between comorbidity and the diagnostic level of depression and anxiety and their clinical correlates. METHOD: A community sample of 591 subjects was interviewed prospectively five times across 15 years from the ages of 20-35. The diagnostic interview allowed the assignment of diagnoses according to DSM-III criteria and operational definitions of subthreshold syndromes. RESULTS: 1) Comorbidity between depression and anxiety was more frequent when one syndrome reached threshold level; 2) comorbidity at both the threshold and subthreshold diagnostic levels was associated with symptom severity, disability and treatment, whereas the diagnostic level was associated with disability and suicidal attempts. CONCLUSION: The systematic association between comorbidity across diagnostic threshold levels of anxiety and depression with clinical correlates suggests the importance of a more dimensional approach to their classification.
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- Authors
- Preisig, M., Merikangas, K. R., & Angst, J.
- Affiliations
- University of Lausanne (CH)
- Yale University (US)
- Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Zürich (CH)
- Venue
- Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2001-08
- Volume
- 104
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 96-103
- ISSN
- 0001-690X (ISSN-L)
- 1600-0447
- OpenAlex
- W2094870250
- Cited by
- 145
- References
- 33
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 8 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 6
- FWCI
- 8.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- IRIS (submittedVersion)
- SERVAL (Université de Lausanne) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Systematics Association
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- U.S. Public Health Service (KO2-0499)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
- Keywords
- subthreshold depression, subthreshold anxiety, comorbid depression and anxiety, dimensional classification, symptom severity, disability, suicide attempts, community mental health, young adults
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Anxiety Disorders, Depressive Disorder, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Comorbidity, Incidence
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