A. Associated Sedative Anxiolytic Treatment in Acute Psychotic Manifestations of Schizophrenia

MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM Comorbid anxiety disorders or symptoms are common in schizophrenia although differences in reporting are observed across cultures (Dixon et al.). Panic attacks in schizophrenia occurred in 45% of schizophrenia patients in the ECA. These individuals also had a high comorbidity with other psychiatric conditions and a higher cost of care.(Goodwin et al.). Similar figures were found in the community (Labbate et al. 99) with 43% of panic attacks (57% in paranoid patients). Past or current PTSD was found in 33% of patients. Actually PTSD was present in 14.3% of first admission psychosis in a clinical cohort of 426 patients (Neria et al.)