When an antidepressant seems to stop working, the patient’s deterioration is real. The explanation may be less certain.
|Articles|March 4, 2013
Psychiatric Comorbidities
Borderline Personality Disorder - Psychogenic Movement Disorders - Myalgic Encephalomyelitis - Migraine
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• Any mood disorder
96%
• Major depressive disorder
71% to 83%
• Any anxiety disorder
88%
• Panic disorder
34% to 48%
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
47% to 56%
• Alcohol or substance use disorder
50% to 65%
• Any eating disorder
7% to 26%
• Avoidant personality disorder
43.0% to 47.4%
• Obsessive compulsive personality disorder
18.2% to 25.7%
• Dependent personality disorder
16.0% to 50.7%
• Paranoid personality disorder
13.7% to 30.3%
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