title: The clinician's view of anxiety and depression.
abstract: The definitions and treatment of clinical depressive and anxiety states and their distinction from the normal human experiences of fear, worry, and sadness are reviewed. The importance of determining whether anxiety or depression is primary in patients with both types of symptoms is stressed, as is the differential diagnosis of normal grief reactions and reactions to stress from depressive states requiring pharmacotherapeutic intervention.
mesh_terms: D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D005239:Fear; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D011613:Psychotherapy
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents