Which of the following is the most common psychiatric disorder?
Anxiety disorders
Schizophrenia
Depression
Mania
As a group anxiety disorders are the most common psychiatric disorders, followed by mood disorders. When individual disorders are compared, the most common psychiatric disorder is "specific phobia" followed by "depression". Many a times, the question asked in exam does not have the option of either phobia or anxiety disorder, in that case the answer becomes depression.
Neurotic, Stress Related and Somatoform Disorders