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Article: Anxiety Disorders in Managed Care.
- Article from:
- Behavioral Health Management
- Article date:
- March 1, 1997
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Big savings and higher quality care can result if appropriate measures are taken
Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent and treatable of the major mental health disorders. The lifetime prevalence of anxiety disorders is 14.6% of the U.S. population aged 18 or older, while the one-month prevalence is 7.3%. This translates into 13.4 million people at one month and 26.9 million over a lifetime who suffer from a diagnosable anxiety disorder.
The anxiety disorders produce social costs, estimated for 1990, of $46.6 billion, i.e., 31.5% of the cost of all mental disorders. Anxiety disorders produce more economic burdens than affective disorders, substance ...