Comorbidity: What is it and why is it important?

Rhonda Brown; Einar Thorsteinsson

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-32545-9_1

Comorbidity: What is it and why is it important?

Rhonda Brown^*, Einar Thorsteinsson

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Comorbidity refers to any distinct clinical entity that coexists with or occurs during the clinical course of another illness or condition. In other words, it refers to the co-occurrence of two or more distinct illnesses, disorders or conditions in a single individual. As a result of the comorbidity, some disorders tend to occur together more often than they occur alone. For example, anxiety, depressed mood and impaired sleep often co-occur, and in this instance, the co-occurrence appears to be the rule rather than the exception.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Comorbidity
Subtitle of host publication	Symptoms, Conditions, Behavior and Treatments
Editors	Rhonda Brown, Einar Thorsteinsson
Publisher	Springer International Publishing Switzerland
Chapter	1
Pages	1-22
Number of pages	22
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030325459
ISBN (Print)	9783030325442
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32545-9_1
Publication status	Published - 12 Dec 2019

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