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SUBMITTER: Drummond LM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7542247 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
BJPsych bulletin 20211001 5
Some authors have suggested that the emergence of the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, and the subsequent pandemic has meant that the constructs of pathological anxiety and depression are meaningless owing to widespread anxiety and depressive symptoms. This paper examines what is required to make a diagnosis of a depressive or anxiety disorder and how this may differ from fleeting symptomatology in response to specific situations or stimuli. All people experience the emotions of both anxiety and d ...[more]