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Undiagnosed Anxiety Worsens Depression Patients with depression should also be screened for anxiety disorders, say experts. Dr. Naomi M. Simon, associate director of the Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. reported on comorbid anxiety and depression at the annual conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America. Anxiety disorder comorbidity is common and can result in "longer depressive episodes, a more chronic course of major depressive disorder, worse psychosocial impairment, reduced chance of recovery from the initial episode of major depressive disorder, and an increased risk of suicide,
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