Associations with subsyndromal panic and the validity of DSM-IV criteria

Health-seeking behavior, alternative medicine, and quality of life in Taiwanese panic disorder patients

“…PD and subthreshold PD have high comorbidity with other mental disorders [lj6-9]5 and increase long-term risk of cardiovascular and other clinical disorders [10,11].The high rate of comorbidity increases the impact of PD on patients' quality of life (QOL). Costs to individuals and society include increased utilization of healthcare resources, workplace absenteeism, unhealthy attitudes and negative coping strategies, and social withdrawal [2,8,[12][13][14][15]. PD patients' perception of their lowered QOL is as significant as impaired social and occupational functioning [16].…”

The prevalence and co-morbidity of subthreshold psychiatric conditions

“…SUB bipolar disorder has been shown to be associated with significant impairment and health-care utilization Angst et al 2002) and elevated familial rates of FS bipolar disorder (Lewinsohn et al 2000 c). Similar findings have also been reported for SUB panic disorder (Katerndahl & Realini, 1998), eating disorders (Lewinsohn et al 2000d ) and alcohol and drug use disorders (Martin et al 1995 ;Rohde et al 1996 ;Neumark et al 2000).…”

Family study of subthreshold psychopathology in a community sample

“…2003; Lewinsohn et al 2000 b ) and schizophrenia (Cornblatt et al 2003; Olsen & Rosenbaum, 2006). Moreover, there are growing literatures on subthreshold anxiety disorders (Angst et al 1997; Katerndahl & Realini, 1998; Zlotnick et al 2002), substance use disorders (Saunders & Lee, 2000; Chung et al 2002), conduct disorder, antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy (van Honk et al 2002; LeBreton et al 2006; Messer et al 2006), and eating disorders (Lewinsohn et al 2000 c ; LeGrange et al 2006).…”