Introduction
Anxiety disorders are considered the most prevalent of psychiatric disorders,
with a high incidence of comorbidity with other psychiatric disorders.
However, poor diagnosis rates and treatment outcomes mean that there is still
considerable scope for manufacturers to move into the anxiety market.
The exact prevalence of anxiety disorders is difficult to quantify due to the
lack of epidemiological data, plus the high incidence of comorbidity with other
psychiatric disorders including depression. Diagnosis and treatment are
frequently hindered by failure of physicians and patients to recognize the
disorder; and when patients are treated, a considerable proportion of patients
require second-line therapy. New treatment strategies are desperately needed.
Key findings and highlights
- Despite a fifth of the total population across the seven major markets
suffering from an anxiety disorder, only a quarter of these individuals are
diagnosed and therefore treated. As a result, drug manufacturers are failing
to maximize revenues from the anxiety disorders market. Investment in
awareness campaigns is essential.
- Paroxetine is the gold standard treatment for anxiety disorders across the
seven major markets. Nonetheless, opportunities still exist for
manufacturers to gain market share in anxiety disorders and countries where
the uptake of paroxetine has been less marked.
- With almost a third of patients requiring second-line therapy, there is a
significant need for anxiety drugs with improved efficacy. Drug developers
must begin investing in clinical trials for anxiety specific drugs that
demonstrate improved efficacy over current therapies.
Reasons to buy
- Assess the size of the drug-treated population by gaining an understanding
of the prevalence of anxiety with comorbid psychiatric disorders
- Target physicians more effectively, through an understanding of
prescribing behavior
- Identify commercial opportunities by benchmarking current products and
assessing unmet needs and future market potential
Table of contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- Scope of the analysis
- Datamonitor insight into the anxiety disorders market
- Key metrics
INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE
- Coverage of the Stakeholder Insight Survey
- - Epidemiology and diagnosis of anxiety disorders
- - Referral patterns
- - Treatment of anxiety disorders
- - Drug profiles
COUNTRY TREATMENT TREES
- US
- Japan
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Spain
- UK
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATIENT SEGMENTATION
- Key findings
- Definitions and classification
- Etiology of anxiety disorders
- - Generalized anxiety disorder
- - Panic disorder
- - Social anxiety disorder
- - Acute stress disorder
- - Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- - Post-traumatic stress disorder
- - Premenstrual dysphoric disorder
- - Agoraphobia
- - Specific phobias
- Epidemiology of anxiety
- - Prevalence of anxiety
- - Gender and age
- Segmentation of anxiety disorders
- - Acute versus chronic anxiety
- - Prevalence of anxiety disorder types
- Comorbidities of anxiety disorders
- - Generalized anxiety disorder
- - Panic disorder
- - Social anxiety disorder
- - Post-traumatic stress disorder
- - Premenstrual dysphoric disorder
- Prevalence of comorbidities across the seven major markets
DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
- Key findings
- Classification of anxiety disorders
- - ICD-10 classification
- - DSM-IV classification
- Diagnostic criteria
- - Panic disorder
- - Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- - Generalized anxiety disorder
- - Post-traumatic stress disorder
- - Acute stress disorder
- - Social anxiety disorder
- - Specific phobias
- - Agoraphobia
- - Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)
- - Anxiety disorder not otherwise specified
- - Other anxiety disorders
- Diagnosis
- - Diagnosis rates
- - Referral patterns
- Treatment of anxiety disorders
- - Treatment guidelines
- - Drug overview
PRESCRIBING TRENDS AND INFLUENCING FACTORS
- Key findings
- Introduction
- Prescribing trends
- - Pharmacological versus non-pharmacological treatment
- - Treatment priority in comorbid patients
- - Treatment lines
- Treatment of anxiety disorders
- - Treatment of acute versus chronic anxiety
- - Treatment of generalized anxiety disorder
- - Treatment of panic disorders
- - Treatment of social anxiety disorder
- - Treatment of acute stress disorder
- - Treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder
- - Treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder
- - Treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder
- - Treatment of agoraphobia
- - Treatment of specific phobia
IMPROVING TREATMENT OUTCOMES
- Key findings
- Prescribing influences
- Unmet needs
- - Physician education
- - Patient compliance
- - Efficacy
- Product development
- - Pregabalin
- - Pagoclone
- - LY 544344
- Bibliography
- Physician research methodology
- - Physician sample breakdown
- Contributing experts
- The survey questionnaire
- - Physician details
- - Epidemiology of anxiety disorders
- - Referral patterns
- - Treatment
- - Comorbid conditions
- - Acute versus chronic
- - Drug profiles
- About Datamonitor
- - About Datamonitor Healthcare
- - Datamonitor Healthcare's research and analysis methodologies
- Datamonitor Healthcare's therapy area capabilities
- - About the CNS analysis team
- - Datamonitor Healthcare's Consulting expertise
- - Key therapy team members
- Disclaimer
TABLES
- Table 1: Prevalence of anxiety disorders across the seven major markets,
2003
- Table 2: Prevalence rate of sub-categories of anxiety disorder in the
general population across the seven major markets
- Table 3: Comparison of prevalence rates of anxiety disorders in the
general population
- Table 4: Prevalence of panic disorder in five of the major markets
- Table 5: Prevalence of SAD in four of the major markets
- Table 6: Prevalence of OCD
- Table 7: Prevalence of a comorbid psychiatric condition with anxiety
disorders across the seven major markets
- Table 8: ICD-10 classification codes for anxiety disorders
- Table 9: DSM-IV-TR classification codes for anxiety disorders
- Table 10: Population correctly diagnosed with anxiety disorders, 2003-11
- Table 11: Proportion of patients diagnosed with an anxiety disorder that
fall into each sub-category, 2003
- Table 12: Proportion of patients referred to different medical
professional by PCPs, 2003
- Table 13: Proportion of patients referred to psychiatrist by different
medical professionals
- Table 14: WFSBP guidelines for panic disorder and agoraphobia treatment
- Table 15: WFSBP guidelines for GAD treatment
- Table 16: WFSBP guidelines for SAD treatment
- Table 17: WFSBP guidelines for OCD treatment
- Table 18: WFSBP guidelines for PTSD treatment
- Table 19: Advantages and disadvantages of anti-anxiety drugs
- Table 20: Proportion of patients receiving pharmacological and
non-pharmacological treatment for anxiety disorders in the seven major
markets
- Table 21: Top prescription drugs used in first-line treatment of GAD in
the seven major markets
- Table 22: Top prescription drugs used in second-line treatment of GAD in
the seven major markets
- Table 23: Top prescription drugs used in first-line treatment of panic
disorder in the seven major markets
- Table 24: Top prescription drugs used in second-line treatment of panic
disorder in the seven major markets
- Table 25: Top prescription drugs used in first-line treatment of SAD in
the seven major markets
- Table 26: Top prescription drugs used in second-line treatment of SAD in
the seven major markets
- Table 27: Top prescription drugs used in first-line treatment of acute
stress disorder in the seven major markets
- Table 28: Top prescription drugs used in second-line treatment of acute
stress disorder in the seven major markets
- Table 29: Top prescription drugs used in first-line treatment of OCD in
the seven major markets
- Table 30: Top prescription drugs used in second-line treatment of OCD in
the seven major markets
- Table 31: Top prescription drugs used in first-line treatment of PTSD in
the seven major markets
- Table 32: Top prescription drugs used in second-line treatment of PTSD in
the seven major markets
- Table 33: Top prescription drugs used in first-line treatment of PMDD in
the seven major markets
- Table 34: Top prescription drugs used in second-line treatment of PMDD in
the seven major markets
- Table 35: Top prescription drugs used in first-line treatment of
agoraphobia in the seven major markets
- Table 36: Top prescription drugs used in second-line treatment of
agoraphobia in the seven major markets
- Table 37: Top prescription drugs used in first-line treatment of specific
phobia in the seven major markets
- Table 38: Top prescription drugs used in second-line treatment of specific
phobia in the seven major markets
- Table 39: Future anxiolytics
- Table 40: US physician sample breakdown, 2003
- Table 41: Japan physician sample breakdown, 2003
- Table 42: France physician sample breakdown, 2003
- Table 43: Germany physician sample breakdown, 2003
- Table 44: Italy physician sample breakdown, 2003
- Table 45: Spain physician sample breakdown, 2003
- Table 46: UK physician sample breakdown, 2003
FIGURES
- Figure 1: Total drug treated anxiety disorders population in the seven
major markets, 2003
- Figure 2: First- and second-line therapeutic strategies for different
anxiety disorders in the US, 2003
- Figure 3: First- and second-line therapeutic strategies for different
anxiety disorders in Japan, 2003
- Figure 4: First- and second-line therapeutic strategies for different
anxiety disorders in France, 2003
- Figure 5: First- and second-line therapeutic strategies for different
anxiety disorders in Germany, 2003
- Figure 6: First- and second-line therapeutic strategies for different
anxiety disorders in Italy, 2003
- Figure 7: First- and second-line therapeutic strategies for different
anxiety disorders in Spain, 2003
- Figure 8: First- and second-line therapeutic strategies for different
anxiety disorders in the UK, 2003
- Figure 9: Prevalence of anxiety disorders across the seven major markets
- Figure 10: Patient distribution: acute versus chronic anxiety
- Figure 11: Prevalence of patients with specific symptoms of anxiety
- Figure 12: Prevalence rate of different types of anxiety disorder in the
general population across the seven major markets
- Figure 13: Prevalence of GAD across the seven major markets
- Figure 14: Prevalence of panic disorder across the seven major markets
- Figure 15: Prevalence of SAD across the seven major markets
- Figure 16: Prevalence of acute stress disorder across the seven major
markets
- Figure 17: Prevalence of OCD across the seven major markets
- Figure 18: Prevalence of PTSD across the seven major markets
- Figure 19: Prevalence of PMDD across the seven major markets
- Figure 20: Prevalence of agoraphobia across the seven major markets
- Figure 21: Prevalence of specific phobia across the seven major markets
- Figure 22: Prevalence of other anxiety disorders across the seven major
markets
- Figure 23: Prevalence of comorbidities with anxiety disorders in the US
- Figure 24: Prevalence of comorbidities with anxiety disorders in Japan
- Figure 25: Prevalence of comorbidities with anxiety disorders in France
- Figure 26: Prevalence of comorbidities with anxiety disorders in Germany
- Figure 27: Prevalence of comorbidities with anxiety disorders in Spain
- Figure 28: Prevalence of comorbidities with anxiety disorders in Italy
- Figure 29: Prevalence of comorbidity with anxiety disorders in the UK
- Figure 30: Anxiety disorders diagnostic decision tree (DSM-IV)
- Figure 31: Population correctly diagnosed with an anxiety disorder
- Figure 32: Diagnosis rates of anxiety disorders by PCPs versus
psychiatrists
- Figure 33: Proportion of patients that consult a physician directly (PCPs
and psychiatrists) in the seven major markets
- Figure 34: A comparison of proportion of patients that consult either a
PCP or psychiatrist directly for anxiety
- Figure 35: Proportion of patients referred to other medical professionals
by PCPs
- Figure 36: Proportion of patients referred to different medical
professionals by PCPs
- Figure 37: Proportion of patients referred to psychiatrist by different
medical professionals
- Figure 38: Proportion of patients receiving pharmacological,
non-pharmacological or both forms of therapy in treatment of anxiety
disorders in the seven major markets
- Figure 39: Proportion of physicians across the seven major markets who
believe anxiety or depression takes priority in the treatment of patients
with comorbid anxiety and depression
- Figure 40: Proportion of patients progressing to second-line therapy in
the seven major markets
- Figure 41: Length of time patients receive first-line therapy before
progressing to second-line therapy in the seven major markets
- Figure 42: Most frequently prescribed combination therapies used in the
treatment of acute anxiety disorders in the seven major markets
- Figure 43: Most frequently prescribed combination therapies used in the
treatment of chronic anxiety disorders in the seven major markets
- Figure 44: Top prescription drugs used for first-line treatment of GAD in
the seven major markets
- Figure 45: Top prescription drugs used in the second-line treatment of GAD
in the seven major markets
- Figure 46: Top prescription drugs used in the treatment of comorbid GAD
and depression in the seven major markets
- Figure 47: Top prescription drugs used for first-line treatment of panic
disorder in the seven major markets
- Figure 48: Top prescription drugs used in the second-line treatment of
panic disorder in the seven major markets
- Figure 49: Top prescription drugs used in the treatment of comorbid panic
disorder and depression in the seven major markets
- Figure 50: Top prescription drugs used for first-line treatment of SAD in
the seven major markets
- Figure 51: Top five prescription drugs used in the second-line treatment
of SAD in the seven major markets
- Figure 52: Top prescription drugs used in the treatment of comorbid SAD
and depression in the seven major markets
- Figure 53: Top prescription drugs used for first-line treatment of acute
stress disorder in the seven major markets
- Figure 54: Top prescription drugs used in the second-line treatment of
acute stress disorder in the seven major markets
- Figure 55: Top prescription drugs used in the treatment of comorbid acute
stress disorder and depression in the seven major markets
- Figure 56: Top prescription drugs used for first-line treatment of OCD in
the seven major markets
- Figure 57: Top prescription drugs used in the second-line treatment of OCD
in the seven major markets
- Figure 58: Top prescription drugs used in the treatment of comorbid OCD
and depression in the seven major markets
- Figure 59: Top prescription drugs used in first-line treatment of PTSD in
the seven major markets
- Figure 60: Top prescription drugs used in the second-line treatment of
PTSD in the seven major markets
- Figure 61: Top prescription drugs used in the treatment of comorbid PTSD
and depression in the seven major markets
- Figure 62: Top prescription drugs used for first-line treatment of PMDD in
the seven major markets
- Figure 63: Top prescription drugs used in the second-line treatment of
PMDD in the seven major markets
- Figure 64: Top prescription drugs used in the treatment of comorbid PMDD
and depression in the seven major markets
- Figure 65: Top prescription drugs used for first-line treatment of
agoraphobia in the seven major markets
- Figure 66: Top prescription drugs used in the second-line treatment of
agoraphobia in the seven major markets
- Figure 67: Top prescription drugs used in the treatment of agoraphobia and
depression in the seven major markets
- Figure 68: Top prescription drugs used for first-line treatment of
specific phobia in the seven major markets
- Figure 69: Top prescription drugs used in the second-line treatment of
specific phobia in the seven major markets
- Figure 70: Top prescription drugs used in the treatment of comorbid
specific phobia and depression in the seven major markets
- Figure 71: Key attributes most likely to influence drug choice
- Figure 72: Rated performance of main drug classes used in the treatment of
anxiety disorders
- Figure 73: Rated performance of main drug classes used in the treatment of
anxiety disorders
- Figure 74: Key unmet needs
- Figure 75: Datamonitor's Healthcare Consultancy
- Figure 76: Datamonitor Healthcare's Therapeutic Consulting capabilities