Background. Data from the general population show higher prevalence of different anxiety
disorders in women as compared with men. We analysed gender differences in a naturalistic …

Women have consistently higher prevalence rates of anxiety disorders, but less is known
about how gender affects age of onset, chronicity, comorbidity, and burden of illness …

Background Gender may play an important role in the etiopathophysiology of psychiatric
illness and has become a subject of increasing interest because of its possible effects on …

Objective Despite the ample literature on gender differences in anxiety and mood disorders,
gender differences in social anxiety disorder (SAD) have received little empirical attention …

Background Understanding the relevance of biological and social factors to sex differences
in the prevalence and detection of depressive and anxiety disorders has been impaired by …

Data obtained from large-scale epidemiological studies of psychiatric illnesses suggest that
anxiety disorders afflict 15.7 million people in the United States each year and 30 million …

Several studies have examined sex differences in different anxiety disorders. Females are
repeatedly found to be more likely than males to suffer from anxiety in general and to be …

Women are more likely than men to develop anxiety disorders. Yet, relatively few studies
have investigated whether women with anxiety disorders have characteristics that are …

Objective: To present the results of a systematic review of literature published between 1980
and 2004 reporting findings of the prevalence and incidence of anxiety disorders in the …

Background: This review tested the hypothesis that gender differences in depression rates
are a function of gender differences in co-morbid anxiety disorders. Method: We identified …