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To examine the concurrent and sequential comorbidity of anxiety and depression in children and adolescents, focusing on shared etiological mechanisms and preventive treatment opportunities.

December 1, 2010Clinical Psychology Science and PracticeOpen Access

Comorbidity of anxiety and depression in youth: Implications for treatment and prevention.

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JGJudy GarberVanderbilt University VWV. Robin WeersingSan Diego State University

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Review demonstrates shared etiological mechanisms between anxiety and depression in youth, indicating that treating childhood anxiety may prevent depression.

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To examine the concurrent and sequential comorbidity of anxiety and depression in children and adolescents, focusing on shared etiological mechanisms and preventive treatment opportunities.
Narrative synthesis of developmental psychopathology and clinical intervention literature evaluating symptom overlap, shared etiology, and disease progression in youth.
High comorbidity is driven by symptom and assessment overlap, shared risk factors (including familial vulnerability, negative affectivity, information processing biases, and neural substrates), and secondary risks from anxiety sequelae.
Evidence-based treatments for childhood anxiety offer viable pathways to disrupt the developmental trajectory toward subsequent depressive disorders.

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Garber et al. (2010) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a14e3ca253bd9cd3ce62795 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2850.2010.01221.x

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Review demonstrates shared etiological mechanisms between anxiety and depression in youth, indicating that treating childhood anxiety may prevent depression.

Comorbidity of anxiety and depression in youth: Implications for treatment and prevention.

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Comorbidity of anxiety and depression in youth: Implications for treatment and prevention.

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