Birgenheir, D. G., Ganoczy, D., & Bowersox, N. W. (2014). Service utilization among veterans
with schizophrenia and a comorbid anxiety disorder. Psychiatric Services, 65(11),
1354-1359. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.201300316
The author of this article uses statistical data to suggest anxiety are common among individuals within the Veterans Health Administration, VHA. In 2011, the author states, 23.8% of the 87,006 VHA patients who had already been diagnosed with schizophrenia were to be diagnosed with comorbid anxiety disorder, 15.2% of the patients were diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and another 8.6% were diagnosed with a non-PTSD anxiety disorder. The methods used to gather this data include, “the cross-sectional study examined…show more content… Isometsä,
E. (2016). Anxiety symptoms in a major mood and schizophrenia spectrum disorders.
European Psychiatry, 371-7. doi:10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.04.007
The Author is arguing that Comorbid Anxiety symptoms are present in many
psychological or psychiatric disorders. The author provides evidence of this theory by
using statistical data gathered from the Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale
(OASIS), which is used to anxiety in patients already suffering from either, bipolar
disorder, schizophrenia, as well as the other many forms of schizophrenia, and depressive
disorder. The results or conclusions suggest that Comorbid Anxiety symptoms are present
in all schizophrenic and behavioral disorders.
Milojevich, H. M., & Lukowski, A. F. (2016). Sleep and Mental Health in…show more content… Many of which include anxiety, depression, substance abuse or addiction, obsessive compulsive disorder or OCD, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD. College is stressful, but the author mentions the stress of college with any additional neurological disorder is becoming a growing concern. Leaving students feeling overwhelmed, hopeless, stressed, sad, exhausted, and too depressed to function. All resulting in identity crisis, producing additional anxiety and stress for students who struggle with sexual orientation, fitting in, choosing a major and/or career, transitioning into adulthood, the author mentions 9.7% of college students (in 2011) dealt with identity disorder and 18.8% of them experienced identity
