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A structured interview designed to diagnose anxiety disorders according to DSMIII (plus infrequent panic attacks and generalized anxiety disorder using DSMIIIR criteria) was given to 1110 people registered with 6 general practitioners (CPs), whether they consulted the doctor or not. As each citizen in Italy has to be registered with a GP, the sample was representative of the population. The interviews were carried out by the GPs, who were also third or fourthyear trainees in psychiatry. The lifetime prevalence and point prevalence were: 0.36% and 0.27% for agoraphobia; 0.90% and 0.72% for agoraphobia with panic; 1.35% and 0.27% for panic disorder; 0.63% and 0.45% for simple phobia; 0.49% and 45% for social phobia, 5.41% and 2.79% for generalized anxiety disorder; and 0.72% and 0.63% for obsessivecompulsive disorder. These figures are lower than those reported in other surveys; possible …