During pregnancy, generalized anxiety disorder has a prevalence of up to 10.5% and in the postpartum period, it is up to 10.8%.
In the U.S., the lifetime prevalence of anxiety disorders in adults is 26.4% for men and 40.4% for women. During pregnancy, generalized anxiety disorder has a prevalence of up to 10.5% and in the postpartum period, it is up to 10.8%. And while anxiety disorders typically begin in childhood and early adulthood, symptoms appear to decline with age. With that, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that physicians screen for anxiety disorders in all adults up to 65, including people who are pregnant have just given birth, according to the task force’s statement published in JAMA ®.