A comparison of DSM-5 and DSM-IV agoraphobia in the World Mental Health Surveys.
Annelieke M RoestYmkje Anna de VriesCarmen C W LimHans-Ulrich WittchenDan J SteinTomasz AdamowskiAli Al-HamzawiEvelyn J BrometMaria Carmen VianaGiovanni de GirolamoKoen DemyttenaereSilvia FlorescuOye GurejeJosep Maria HaroChiyi HuElie G KaramJosé Miguel Caldas-de-AlmeidaNorito KawakamiJean Pierre LépineDaphna LevinsonMaria E Medina-MoraFernando Navarro-MateuSiobhan O'NeillMarina PiazzaJosé A Posada-VillaTim SladeYolanda TorresRonald C KesslerKate M ScottPeter de Jongenull nullPublished in: Depression and anxiety (2019)
This first large survey shows that, compared to the DSM-IV, the DSM-5 identifies a substantial group of new cases with AG, while the prevalence rate remains stable at 1.5%. Severity and comorbidity are higher in individuals meeting DSM-5 AG criteria compared with individuals meeting DSM-IV AG criteria only.