作者
Shin Ho Park, Yun Ju C Song, Eleni A Demetriou, Karen L Pepper, Ian B Hickie, Nick Glozier, Daniel F Hermens, Elizabeth M Scott, Adam J Guastella
发表日期
2021/2
期刊
Early intervention in psychiatry
卷号
15
期号
1
页码范围
57-67
出版商
Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd
简介
Aim
This study aimed to: (a) examine whether treatment‐seeking young adults with social anxiety disorder (SAD) demonstrate similar degrees of distress, quality of life (QoL) and disability to those with other mental disorders; and (b) investigate the impact of comorbidity, specific comorbid conditions and antidepressants use on distress, QoL and disability in treatment‐seeking young adults with SAD.
Methods
A cohort of treatment‐seeking young adults (aged 16‐45) diagnosed with SAD (N = 298) or other mental health disorders (N = 842; including depression, N = 349; bipolar, N = 141; psychosis, N = 173) completed self‐report assessments of distress, QoL and disability.
Results
Young adults with SAD showed distress and disability of similar degree to those with most other mental disorders. Specifically, young adults with SAD reported significantly lower QoL than those with major depressive disorder or …
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