Anxiety Disorders and Gender
Anxiety and related disorders are common conditions that disproportionately affect women. In this book, the epidemiology, psychobiology, diagnosis, evaluation, pharmacotherapy, and psychotherapy of major anxiety and related disorders are examin
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Anxiety Disorders and Gender
Dan J. Stein • Bavi Vythilingum Editors
Anxiety Disorders and Gender
Editors Dan J. Stein Department of Psychiatry University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital Cape Town South Africa
Bavi Vythilingum Department of Psychiatry University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital Cape Town South Africa
ISBN 978-3-319-13059-0 ISBN 978-3-319-13060-6 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-13060-6
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Foreword
Large epidemiologic studies have consistently found the anxiety disorder to be one of the most common psychiatric disorders in the world. Anxiety disorders have a negative impact on physical and mental health as well as on educational, social, and occupational functioning and overall quality of life. It has long been known that anxiety disorders are much more prevalent in women than men, but more recent work has also found differences in comorbidity, symptoms, and how these disorders affect each gender. As the term “sex” refers to biological aspects and “gender” refers to the psychological and social aspects of maleness or femaleness, it is appropriate to discuss these differences in anxiety disorders as “gender differences,” to acknowledge the biological and psychosocial components that are inherent in their etiology and persistence. What is not yet known is if there are gender differences in the psychobiology or treatment responses of the anxiety disorders and if these are found to exist, what clinical implications they may have. This book, edited by two international authors on anxiety disorders (Dan Stein and Bavi Vythilingum), is a treasure trove of the collective wisdom of the leading anxiety disorder
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