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Editorial
. 2012 Mar;200(3):179-81.
doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.097022.

Comorbid anxiety and depression: bête noire or quick fix?

Carmen Andreescu, Eric J Lenze
Editorial

Comorbid anxiety and depression: bête noire or quick fix?

Carmen Andreescu et al. Br J Psychiatry. 2012 Mar.

Abstract

The common territory shared by anxiety and depression has always been a contentious subject. Research in favour of anxious depression as a potentially treatment-relevant subtype has been limited by diagnostic dilemmas and crude measurement. The most recent evidence from genetics, neuropeptide systems and functional neuroimaging suggests a valid diagnostic construct.

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