Distinguishing anxiety and depression with field survey data.
Data on self-reported symptoms collected in the East Baltimore site of the Epidemiologic Catchment Area Program are analysed in parallel fashion for the two syndromes of anxiety and depression. Patterns of relationships of anxiety and depression to sociodemographic factors, prior psychopathology, and life events fail markedly to distinguish the two syndromes.
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Department of Mental Hygiene, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003625:Data Collection; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008396:Maryland; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011379:Prognosis