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Anxiety

· Mental Illness
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· Schizophrenia
· Anxiety Disorders
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More people have anxiety disorders than any other category of psychiatric disorder

Approximately 75% of people afflicted with an anxiety disorder do not receive treatment

In any given year, the estimated prevalence for phobias is 11.5 million people, 2.4 million for panic disorder, and 3.3 million for obsessive-compulsive disorder

One in 5―or 20%―of the ailments that send patients to their doctor are anxiety-related