Depressive Comorbidity in Children and Adolescents with Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Child Psychiatry and Human Development
- Vol. 30 (3), 205-215
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1021351722364
Abstract
Aim of this study is to examine the effect of depressive comorbidity in 108 children and adolescents with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). Fifty-five patients with GAD and depression were compared with 53 patients with GAD without depression. Age, gender and socioeconomic status did not differentiate the groups. Patients with comorbid depression had significantly more anxiety symptoms than patients without depression. Clinical presentation of GAD and pattern of comorbidity was similar in the two groups. Subjects with comorbid depression showed a more severe functional impairment, assessed with C-GAS. Data are discussed in the light of conceptualizations about the relationship between anxiety and depression.Keywords
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