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Subthreshold Psychiatric Psychopathology in Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: Can It Be the Bridge between Gastroenterology and Psychiatry?

Table 3

The prevalence of psychiatric disorders and spectrum symptomatology in the different FGDs.

FC % ()IBS % ()FD % ()FB % ()

At least 1 Axis I disorder60.0 (12)36.5 (19)52.4 (22)47.6 (10)
Panic25.0 (5)17.3 (9)19.0 (8)14.3 (3)
Panic with agoraphobia15.0 (3)3.8 (2)9.5 (4)4.8 (1)
Agoraphobia without panic5.0 (1)0.0 (0)2.4 (1)0.0 (0)
Single phobia5.0 (1)1.9 (1)2.4 (1)4.8 (1)
Anxiety NAS5.0 (1)1.9 (1)0.0 (0)9.5 (2)
GAD20.0 (4)17.3 (9)26.2 (11)14.3 (3)
Social phobia5.0 (1)1.9 (1)0.0 (0)0.0 (0)
OCD0.0 (0)0.0 (0)2.4 (0)0.0 (0)
Somatoform disorders5.0 (1)1.9 (1)0.0 (0)0.0 (0)
Past MDE9.5 (2)11.5 (6)9.5 (4)14.3 (3)
Current MDE0.0 (0)0.0 (0)4.8 (2)0.0 (0)
Recurrent depression5.0 (1)0.0 (0)0.0 (0)0.0 (0)
Dysthymia5.0 (1)0.0 (0)0.0 (0)0.0 (0)
Somatization disorders0.0 (0)0.0 (0)2.4 (1)0.0 (0)
Anorexia0.0 (0)0.0 (0)2.4 (1)0.0 (0)
Bulimia5.0 (1)1.9 (1)2.4 (1)4.8 (1)
BED0.0 (0)0.0 (0)0.0 (0)0.0 (0)
Spectrum symptomatology
Overthreshold SCI-OBS35.0 (7)9.6 (5)19.0 (8)23.8 (5)
Overthreshold SCI-SHY25.0 (5)21.2 (11)31.0 (13)14.3 (3)
Overthreshold SCI-PAS30.0 (6)21.2 (11)28.6 (12)23.8 (5)
At least 1 anxiety spectrum50.0 (10)32.7 (17)42.9 (18)33.3 (7)
Overthreshold SCI-ABS25.0 (5)9.6 (5)16.7 (7)14.3 (3)
Overthreshold SCI-MOODS35.0 (7)13.5 (7)28.8 (10)14.3 (3)

NAS: anxiety in autistic adults; GAD: generalized anxiety disorder; OCD: obsessive-compulsive disorder; MDE: mood disorder event; BED: bipolar disorder event; SCI-PAS: Structured Clinical Interview for Panic-Agoraphobic Spectrum—self-report version; SCI-SHY: Structured Clinical Interview for Social Anxiety Spectrum; SCI-OBS: Structured Clinical Interview for Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum; SCI-MOODS: Structured Clinical Interview for Mood Spectrum; SCI-ABS: Structured Clinical Interview for Anorexic-Bulimic Spectrum; FC: functional constipation; IBS: irritable bowel syndrome; FD: functional dyspepsia; FB: functional bloating.