Bidirectional Association between First-Episode Panic Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder in a Nationwide General Population Survey in Korea

• Published in: Journal of Korean medical science Vol. 34; no. 26; pp. e181 - 10
• Main Authors: Woo, Jungmin, Hong, Jin Pyo, Cho, Seong-Jin, Lee, Jun-Young, Joen, Hong Jin, Kim, Byung-Soo, Chang, Sung Man
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 08.07.2019; 대한의학회
• Subjects: Adult; Comorbidity; Depressive Disorder, Major - diagnosis; Depressive Disorder, Major - epidemiology; Depressive Disorder, Major - etiology; Female; Health Surveys; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Original; Panic Disorder - complications; Panic Disorder - diagnosis; Panic Disorder - epidemiology; Prevalence; Proportional Hazards Models; Republic of Korea - epidemiology; Risk Factors; Young Adult; 의학일반; Republic of Korea; Panic Disorder; Lifetime Prevalence; Composite International Diagnostic Interview; Hazard Ratios; Age of Onset; Major Depressive Disorder

Panic disorder (PD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) can occur concurrently, despite different clinical manifestations. Because MDD and PD patients tend to have more complicated conditions, understanding the co-occurrence and pattern of these conditions is important. Here, we investigated the inf...