IMPACT OF SPECIFIC PHOBIA ON THE RISK OF ONSET OF MENTAL DISORDERS: A 10 YEAR PROSPECTIVE LONGITUDINAL COMMUNITY STUDY OF ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS
The role of specific phobia as a potentially important psychopathological precursor condition to more severe mental disorders is understudied. We examined the prospective longitudinal association of early childhood/adolescent phobia with subsequent mental disorders and the proportion of outcome disease incidence attributable to specific phobia simultaneously for a broad range of disorders.
Depression and anxiety