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Title: | Comorbidity of anxiety-depression among Australian university students: implications for student counsellors | Contributor(s): | Bitsika, Vicki (author); Sharpley, Chris (author) | Publication Date: | 2012 | DOI: | 10.1080/03069885.2012.701271 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/11625 | Abstract: | The incidence, factor structure and scale item differences in anxiety-depression comorbidity were investigated in a sample of Australian university students defined according to the presence of anxiety and/or depression. The incidence of anxiety-depression comorbidity was over 32%, about four times that for anxiety or depression alone. Participants with comorbidity had significantly higher Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) total and factor scores than those with anxiety or depression alone. The major differences between the comorbid and unitary disordered subgroups were for self-disintegration and autonomic arousal. Comorbidity of anxiety and depression is a more serious disorder than either anxiety or depression alone, and appears to exist in large proportions among university students. Assessment and treatment plans might benefit from inclusion of this comorbidity. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 40(4), p. 385-394 | Publisher: | Routledge | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1469-3534 0306-9885 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 110319 Psychiatry (incl Psychotherapy) | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 320221 Psychiatry (incl. psychotherapy) | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 920209 Mental Health Services | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 200305 Mental health services | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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