Treatment gap for anxiety disorders is global: Results of the World Mental Health Surveys in 21 countries

Alonso, Jordi; Liu, Zhaorui; Evans‐Lacko, Sara; Sadikova, Ekaterina; A. Sampson, Nancy; Chatterji, Somnath; Abdulmalik, Jibril; Aguilar‐Gaxiola, Sergio; Al-Hamzawi, Ali; Helena Andrade, Laura; Bruffaerts, Ronny; Cardoso, Graça; H. Cía, Alfredo; Florescu, Silvia; de Girolamo, Giovanni; Gureje, Oye; M. Haro, Josep; He, Yanling; de Jonge, Peter; G. Karam, Elie; Kawakami, Norito; Kovess–Masféty, Viviane; Lee, Sing; Levinson, Daphna; Elena Medina‐Mora, María; Navarro‐Mateu, Fernando; Pennell, Beth‐Ellen; Piazza, Marina; Posada‐Villa, José; ten Have, Margreet; Zarkov, Zahari; C. Kessler, Ronald; Thornicroft, Graham; WHO World Mental Health Survey Collaborators, the

doi:10.1002/da.22711

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Treatment gap for anxiety disorders is global: Results of the World Mental Health Surveys in 21 countries

Published in Depression and Anxiety • Jan 22, 2018

Authors:

Jordi Alonso

Zhaorui Liu

Sara Evans‐Lacko

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Anxiety disorders are a major cause of burden of disease. Treatment gaps have been described, but a worldwide evaluation is lacking. We estimated, among individuals with a 12-month DSM-IV (where DSM is Diagnostic Statistical Manual) anxiety disorder in 21 countries, the proportion who (i...

Subject

Anxiety

Mental health

Psychiatry

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