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title: "Anxiety disorders - Sapience Financial"
description: "Learn about different anxiety disorders including panic, agoraphobia, social phobia, and their impact on mental health in Australia."
url: "https://finallysorted.com.au/cost-burden-of/anxiety-disorders"
date: "2026-06-14T03:12:19+00:00"
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## Anxiety disorders

#### Quick Facts

Anxiety disorders include **panic**, **agoraphobia**, **social phobia**, **generalised anxiety**, **obsessive-compulsive,** and **post-traumatic stress disorders**.

- **Anxiety is the most common mental health condition in Australia** affecting one in four people (one in three women in 5 men).
- Anxiety Disorders affect more people who are widowed, separated, or divorced (19%) unemployed (20.9%), and who did not complete school (18.9% )
- The occurrence of anxiety disorders is **higher in women between the ages of 16 and 54 years**. For **men**, it affects those **aged between 35 and 44 years** the most.

*Source: ABS 2008*.

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