title: [Depression and anxiety].
abstract: Depression and anxiety disorders are among the most common psychiatric disorders in the general population and in daily practice of a general practitioner. Only a few years ago these disorders have been diagnosed either as "depression" or as "neurosis" in case of anxiety disorders. Since standardised diagnostic manuals have been available, it has been possible to differentiate between several depressive and anxiety disorders, which need a specific treatment. This change in the psychiatric diagnostic system is basing on psychiatric research results in the field of clinical diagnostics, biological psychiatry and epidemiology. This article provides guidance in diagnosis, differential diagnosis of depression and anxiety disorders and their therapy basing on international accepted treatment algorithms. Reviewed topics should make easy recognition and therapy possible for the general practitioner.
authors.affiliation: Klinischen Abteilung für Allgemeine Psychiatrie, Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie, Wien. Siegfried.Kasper@akh-wien.ac.at
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kasper
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pezawas
mesh_terms: D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D011613:Psychotherapy
chemical_list: D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D000928:Antidepressive Agents