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The Relationship of Anxiety to Depression

American Journal of PsychotherapyPublished 1 July 1982
Stanley Lesse
Citations28
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SJR score0.83
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TL;DR

A stress leads to anxiety leads to depression axis is suggested and illustrated through the medium of the masked-depression pathway.

Abstract

Is anxiety the prime response to stress in all instances? Can depression be a prime response to stress? This paper is concerned with the relationship of stress to the quantitative degree of anxiety, the various components of anxiety, and the interrelationship of anxiety and secondary symptoms and signs. A stress leads to anxiety leads to depression axis is suggested and illustrated through the medium of the masked-depression pathway.

Keywords

Psychology