Open AccessLong noncoding RNAs: New evidence for overlapped pathogenesis between major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder
Author(s) -
Xia Cui,
Wei Niu,
Lingming Kong,
Mingjun He,
Kunhong Jiang,
Shengdong Chen,
Aihua Zhong,
Wanshuai Li,
Jim Lu,
Liyi Zhang
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/psychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_219_16
Subject(s) - anxiety , major depressive disorder , generalized anxiety disorder , psychology , pathogenesis , clinical psychology , psychiatry , medicine , mood
About half of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) have clinically meaningful levels of anxiety. Greater severity of depressive illness and functional impairment has been reported in patients with high levels of anxiety accompanying depression. The pathogenesis for the comorbidity was still unsure.