PMID- 25954935
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160215
LR  - 20150509
IS  - 1547-3325 (Electronic)
IS  - 1040-1237 (Linking)
VI  - 27
IP  - 2
DP  - 2015 May
TI  - Age of onset in social anxiety disorder: Relation to clinical variables and major 
      depression comorbidity.
PG  - 84-9
AB  - BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to determine the rates of early- and 
      late-onset social anxiety disorder (SAD) and to investigate the effects of onset 
      time on clinical characteristics and the course of SAD. METHODS: A total of 377 
      patients with SAD were assessed using a sociodemographic data form, the Liebowitz 
      Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and the Global 
      Assessment of Functioning (GAF). Three hundred patients with SAD onset before age 
      18 were classified as members of the early-onset group, whereas 77 patients with 
      SAD onset at age >/= 18 comprised the late-onset group. The 2 groups were compared 
      in terms of sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, comorbidity, and scale 
      scores. RESULTS: The rate of SAD onset before age 18 was 79.6%. Compared with the 
      late-onset group, the early-onset group had a younger age at first depressive 
      episode, higher rate of atypical depression, higher LSAS and BDI scores, and 
      lower GAF scores. CONCLUSIONS: In cases of early onset of SAD, symptom severity 
      of both SAD and comorbid depression increased and functionality decreased. It is 
      important to assess and treat SAD patients at a younger age because early-onset 
      SAD may be associated with a more severe course and higher rate of major 
      depression comorbidity.
FAU - Koyuncu, Ahmet
AU  - Koyuncu A
AD  - Psychiatry Department, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Capa, 
      Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey. E-mail: erhanert76@yahoo.com.
FAU - Ertekin, Erhan
AU  - Ertekin E
FAU - Deveci, Erdem
AU  - Deveci E
FAU - Ertekin, Banu Aslanta
AU  - Ertekin BA
FAU - Yuksel, Cagri
AU  - Yuksel C
FAU - Celebi, Fahri
AU  - Celebi F
FAU - Binbay, Zerrin
AU  - Binbay Z
FAU - Demir, Esra Yancar
AU  - Demir EY
FAU - Tukel, Rasit
AU  - Tukel R
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Ann Clin Psychiatry
JT  - Annals of clinical psychiatry : official journal of the American Academy of 
      Clinical Psychiatrists
JID - 8911021
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Age of Onset
MH  - *Comorbidity
MH  - Depressive Disorder, Major/*epidemiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Phobic Disorders/*epidemiology
MH  - *Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Turkey/epidemiology
EDAT- 2015/05/09 06:00
MHDA- 2016/02/16 06:00
CRDT- 2015/05/09 06:00
PHST- 2015/05/09 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/05/09 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/02/16 06:00 [medline]
AID - acp_2702b [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ann Clin Psychiatry. 2015 May;27(2):84-9.