London: Women and young adults are twice as likely to experience anxiety than men, according to new study. Anxiety disorder - mental heal...
London: Women and young adults are twice as likely to experience anxiety than men, according to new study.
Anxiety disorder - mental health problems most frequently - often to avoid excessive worry as expressed fear and the tendency potentially stressful situations including social gatherings.
"Anxiety disorders can make life very difficult to make for some people, and it is important for our health services, how often they are and what most people understand in risk groups," he said of the author Olivia took Remes at the University of Cambridge.
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The results showed that almost one in ten adults (10.9 percent) were affected with heart disease by generalized anxiety disorder, but the women were almost twice as likely as men to be affected.
In addition, women with heart disease, cancer and even pregnancy showed higher levels of anxiety than men.
Compulsive disorder (OCD) - an anxiety disorder characterized by obsessions and compulsions - was usually only one in a hundred, but the proportion with the disease were twice found in pregnant women and slightly higher than that of women in the period immediately after birth ,
"Can cause anxiety disorders also impair, disability and risk of suicide," Louise Lafortune said a researcher at the University of Cambridge.
Moreover, the level of fear among young people - men and women - under 35 years old were considered disproportionate.
In addition, people in Western Europe and North America are more likely to suffer from anxiety than people of other cultures.
"By together to collect all this data, we see that these diseases in all groups are common, women and young people are disproportionately affected. In addition, people with chronic diseases are especially at risk, and added a double burden on their lives" , Remes said.
For the study, published in the journal Brain and Behavior, the team studied 48 scientific studies data between 1990 and 2010 shows.
The overall proportion of the persons concerned remained virtually unchanged, with about four out of 100 anxiety they experience.
