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The Relationship of Anxiety to Depression

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 → anxiety → depression axis is suggested and illustrated through the medium of the masked-depression pathway.

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