The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
The Comorbidity of Daydreaming Disorder... : Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease
What this article backs
- Maladaptive Daydreaming Functional Impairment
- Maladaptive Daydreaming Depressive Episode
- Maladaptive Daydreaming Anxiety Comorbidity
- Maladaptive Daydreaming increases Functional Impairment.
- Maladaptive Daydreaming correlates with Depressive Episode.
- Maladaptive Daydreaming correlates with Anxiety Comorbidity.
In its own words
Individuals meeting criteria for MD have complex psychiatric problems spanning a range of DSM-5 disorders. This finding provides evidence that MD is different than normal daydreaming and that these individuals experience considerable distress and impairment.
The most frequent comorbid disorder was attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (76.9%); 71.8% met criteria for an anxiety disorder, 66.7% for a depressive disorder, and 53.9% for an obsessive-compulsive or related disorder.