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Lifetime prevalence of depression and family history of patients with panic disorder and social phobia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

L Bellodi
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychic Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Milan, S Raffaele Hospital; Psychiatry at Department of Neuropsychic Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Milan, S Raffaele Hospital, 29 via Prinetti, Milan20127, Italy
M Battaglia
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychic Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Milan, S Raffaele Hospital; Psychiatry at Department of Neuropsychic Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Milan, S Raffaele Hospital, 29 via Prinetti, Milan20127, Italy
G Diaferia
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychic Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Milan, S Raffaele Hospital; Psychiatry at Department of Neuropsychic Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Milan, S Raffaele Hospital, 29 via Prinetti, Milan20127, Italy
A Draisci
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychic Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Milan, S Raffaele Hospital; Psychiatry at Department of Neuropsychic Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Milan, S Raffaele Hospital, 29 via Prinetti, Milan20127, Italy
G Sciuto
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychic Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Milan, S Raffaele Hospital; Psychiatry at Department of Neuropsychic Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Milan, S Raffaele Hospital, 29 via Prinetti, Milan20127, Italy
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Summary

We assessed the lifetime prevalence of major depression in a sample of 145 patients with a current diagnosis of panic disorder and/or social phobia. The prevalenee tended to be higher in patients with both diagnoses. Patients with panic disorder and social phobia had an earlier onset of the former condition. Familial rates of panic were higher in patients with pure panic disorder, and the rate of depression was increased in relatives of probands who had a lifetime diagnosis of depression.

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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1993

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