Depression and anxiety are common, frequently comorbid mental-health conditions characterized respectively by persistent low mood, anhedonia, and cognitive and somatic disturbance, and by excessive fear, worry, and physiological arousal. They share overlapping neurobiological substrates, risk factors, and treatment …
Depression and anxiety are common, frequently comorbid mental-health conditions characterized respectively by persistent low mood, anhedonia, and cognitive and somatic disturbance, and by excessive fear, worry, and physiological arousal. They share overlapping neurobiological substrates, risk factors, and treatment responses, and substantially affect quality of life, functional capacity, and physical health outcomes. Classification distinguishes major depressive disorder and related mood disorders from anxiety disorders such as generalized anxiety, panic, and phobic and stress-related conditions, while recognizing high rates of co-occurrence. Etiology is multifactorial, involving genetic predisposition, neuroendocrine and inflammatory pathways, personality and developmental factors, and psychosocial stressors. Evidence-based management includes psychological therapies such as cognitive-behavioral and cognitive-analytic therapy, pharmacotherapy with antidepressants and anxiolytics, and emerging neuromodulatory approaches. Research grounded in this area examines anxiety and depression in nursing students and their relation to well-being and suicidal ideation, childhood somatic complaints and emotional functioning, photobiomodulation effects on mood and cognition, depression and anxiety as complications of menopause, mental-health status in cancer patients, cognitive-analytic therapy in breast-cancer survivors with post-traumatic stress, and resilience strategies in chronic illness. The journal publishes peer-reviewed work on the assessment, mechanisms, and treatment of affective and anxiety disorders, including their interface with neurological and chronic medical conditions across diverse populations.
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