Pennington A
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA.
Prim Care. 1997 Mar;24(1):103-11.
Anxiety disorders are among the most common mental disorders in the United States, especially among women. Most patients with anxiety seek treatment from primary care physicians; therefore, recognition and treatment of anxiety disorders are important functions of the primary care physician. Anxiety disorders include, but are not limited to, panic disorder, agoraphobia, social phobia, posttraumatic stress disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder.
焦虑症是美国最常见的精神障碍之一，在女性中尤为常见。大多数焦虑症患者会寻求初级保健医生的治疗；因此，识别和治疗焦虑症是初级保健医生的重要职责。焦虑症包括但不限于惊恐障碍、广场恐惧症、社交恐惧症、创伤后应激障碍和广泛性焦虑症。
