Overlap+between+Anxiety+and+Depression

=//"Almost all depressed patients are anxious, but not all anxious patients are depressed" (// Essentials of Abnormal Psychology, 2008 //)//=
 * = One of the mysteries faced by psychopathologists is the apparent overlap of anxiety and depression. =
 * =A large number of symptoms help define both anxiety and depressive disorders. Because these symptoms are //not specific// to either kind of disorder, they are called symptoms of //negative affect.// (Essentials of Abnormal Pyschology, 2008) =

Here is a list of symptoms specific to anxiety and to depression as well as symptoms shared by both states: =__Pure Anxiety Symptoms__ = =Apprehension = =Tension = =Edginess = =Trembling = =Excessive worry = =Nightmares = =__Pure Depression Symptoms __= =Helplessness = =Depressed mood = =Loss of interest = =Lack of pleasure = =Suicidal ideation = =Diminished libido = =__Mixed Anxiety and Depression Symptoms (Negative Affect) __= =<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Anticipating the worst = =<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Worry = =<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Poor concentration = =<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Irritability = =<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Hypervigilance = =<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Unsatisfying sleep = =<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Crying = =<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Guilt = =<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Fatigue = =<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Poor memory = =<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Middle/late insomnia = =<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Sense of worthlessness = =<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Hopelessness = =<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Early insomnia = (Source: Essentails of Abnormal Psychology, 2008, Table 6.4)