Introduction
Anxiety disorders and eating disorders co-occur at rates higher than should be expected by chance. Specific phobias and social anxiety disorder are elevated in anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder, while post-traumatic stress disorder, panic disorder, and agoraphobia are also elevated in bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder. The presence of an anxiety disorder is an indicator of more severe psychopathology, poorer functioning, and treatment resistance. The state of the art for diagnostic assessment of anxiety disorders is via semi-structured clinical interview. Possible explanations of the association between anxiety disorders and eating disorders are discussed in addition to directions for future research.
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The anxiety disorders generally share anxiety, worry, fear, heightened physiological...
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De Young, K.P. (2016). Comorbidities: Anxiety Disorders. In: Wade, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Feeding and Eating Disorders. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-087-2_23-2
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