Anxiety risk factors
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Vindhya BellamKonda, M.B.B.S [2]
Overview
Common risk factors in the development of anxiety are: depression, alcohol, low socioeconomic status, bipolar disorder, urbanization, stress, family history of anxiety, unemployment, and substance abuse.
Risk factors
Close interaction between genetic and environmental factors is attributed for increased risk of anxiety:[1]
- Depression
- Low socioeconomic status
- Alcohol
- Bipolar disorder
- Urbanization
- Stress
- Family history of anxiety
- Unemployment
- Substance abuse
References
- ↑ Muris P, Mannens J, Peters L, Meesters C (2017). “The Youth Anxiety Measure for DSM-5 (YAM-5): Correlations with anxiety, fear, and depression scales in non-clinical children”. J Anxiety Disord. doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2017.06.001. PMID 28668214.
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