What’s the link between depression and anxiety?

This image is from my colleague Amanda Metskas’ post on the Clearer Thinking blog, “Understanding the two most common mental health problems in the world:” https://www.clearerthinking.org/post/understanding-the-two-most-common-mental-health-problems-in-the-world
If you study depression and anxiety (in the U.S.), you find that they are correlated to a shockingly high degree (e.g., in one of my studies, when I correlated PHQ-9 depression scale scores with GAD-7 anxiety scale scores, I found that r = 0.82 ). Additionally, many studies have found that SSRIs (and other medications) help people with both depression and anxiety, as do certain therapeutic modalities such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, suggesting further linkage. Fin...
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