PSYCHOSOCIAL FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH LIFETIME COMORBIDITY OF MAJOR DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY DISORDERS AMONG A COMMUNITY SAMPLE OF MID-LIFE WOMEN: THE SWAN MENTAL HEALTH STUDY

Abstract

Midlife women with a comorbid history that includes both MDD and anxiety disorders report diminished social support, more symptomatic distress, and a more severe and recurrent psychiatric history. Future research is needed to clarify the biological and psychosocial risk factors associated with this comorobid profile, and to develop targeted interventions for this at-risk group. Depression and Anxiety 00:1-8, 2012. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.