Comorbid Psychiatric Illnesses

Title
Comorbid Psychiatric Illnesses
Publication Date
2020
Author(s)
Thorsteinsson, Einar
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2065-1989
Email: ethorste@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:ethorste
Brown, Rhonda
Editor
Editor(s): Rhonda Brown and Einar Thorsteinsson
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Place of publication
Cham, Switzerland
Edition
1
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-32545-9_6
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/28603
Abstract
Comorbidity among psychiatric illnesses is common, as is comorbidity between psychiatric and physical illnesses. Current knowledge of psychiatric comorbidity points to several possible underlying factors, notably an overlap in their definitions and symptoms; unidirectional and bidirectional causation; disordered sleep; and a range of shared risk factors. Psychiatric illness may lead to poorer self-care and sleep problems, whereas being physically ill may impact upon an individual’s psychological wellbeing. An integration of the various causal models that have been proposed to explain the comorbidities is discussed, incorporating different socio-psychological and biological factors to explain the development of depression and anxiety. These issues are detailed in the following chapter with a focus on depression. Implications for treatment are also discussed.
Link
Citation
Comorbidity: Symptoms, Conditions, Behaviour and Treatments, p. 139-178
ISBN
9783030325442
303032544X
9783030325459
3030325458
Start page
139
End page
178

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