Over the years I've heard the phrase, "women suffer from anxiety disorder twice as much as men" many times. However, there was never an explanation attached to such statements, so today I wanted to present a few ideas about the possible reasons for this. Based on all the research information I reviewed it turns out that women having double the rate of anxiety disorders as men is not just a catch phrase, but a statistical fact. And its not just restricted to one type of anxiety disorder either. Women have higher rates of GAD, panic