The prevalence of anxiety disorders in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- 1 February 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 147 (2) , 200-201
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.147.2.200
Abstract
Fifty consecutive outpatients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases were evaluated for lifetime prevalence of psychiatric morbidity. Eight percent had a diagnosis of panic disorder. This finding suggests that this patient population should be monitored for panic disorder.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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