OBJECTIVE: To determine diagnostic overlap of depression, anxiety and somatization as
well as their unique and overlapping contribution to functional impairment. METHOD: Two …

Recent studies emphasize the negative impact of comorbidity on the course of depression. If
undiagnosed, depression and comorbidity contribute to high medical utilization. We aimed …

OBJECTIVE: Depression, anxiety, and somatization are the most frequently observed mental
disorders in primary health care. Our main objective was to draw on the often neglected …

BackgroundObserved co-morbidity among the mood and anxiety disorders has led to the
development of increasingly sophisticated dimensional models to represent the common …

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence and comorbidity of the most common mental
disorders in primary care practice in Spain, using the Primary Care Evaluation of Mental …

Objective: To determine in primary care settings the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and
functional status of patients who have anxious and depressive symptoms who did not meet …

Objective The comorbidity of somatic, anxious and depressive syndromes occurs in half of
all primary care cases. As research on this overlap of syndromes in the general population is …

BACKGROUND: Primary care patients with anxiety and depression often describe multiple
physical symptoms, but no systematic review has studied the effect of anxiety and …

Background: Anxiety and depressive disorders have a significant and negative impact on
quality of life. However, less is known about the effects of anxiety and depressive symptoms …

Background: This study assesses depression among primary care patients, the relationship
between depression and functioning, and how frequently depressed individuals receive …