Why the study?
Do depression and anxiety negatively impact physical illnesses and their outcomes?
Do depression and anxiety negatively impact physical illnesses and their outcomes?
Depression and anxiety are increasingly recognized as having an overall negative impact on numerous physical illnesses and their outcomes.
Mood disorders warrant clinical attention in physical illness management; extends associations but leaves open causal and interventional evidence.
This research review examines the recent articles that have investigated the relationship between mood, anxiety, and physical illness (e.g., asthma, autoimmune disorders, cancer, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and sexual dysfunction). There is growing evidence of an overall negative impact of depression and other mood states, and anxiety on numerous physical illnesses and conditions, and their outcome.
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