Similarly, women's hormone levels vary more than men's which is one reason that they suffer anxiety disorders at a rate double that which men do.
The authors included patients with a diagnosis of depression but not anxiety disorders, although anxiety symptoms may have an impact on suicidal behaviors different from that of depression.
In fact, men who have anxiety disorders are also at greater risk for cardiac disorders, hypertension, gastrointestinal disorders, respiratory illness, asthma, and back pain.
However, anxiety disorders, impulse control disorders, and substance use disorders did.
Women with anxiety disorders are more likely to have a history of cardiac problems, hypertension, metabolic, gastrointestinal, dermatological, respiratory disorders and arthritis.
By our definition, the type of bipolar disorder that most of these kids have is subclinical; they have depressions and they have anxiety disorders.
One alternative is to augment pharmacological interventions for mood and anxiety disorders with strategies aimed at reducing weight gain.