Adaptive Affect: The Nature of Anxiety and Depression

David W Morris Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USACorrespondence: David W MorrisDepartment of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., NE5.106, Dallas, TX 75390-9127, USATel +1214-648-7085Fax +...

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Autor principal:	Morris DW
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Publicado:	Dove Medical Press 2019
Materias:	depression anxiety mixed depression and anxiety adaptive affect Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RC321-571 Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system RC346-429
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:dd71b870673a4080ae3b0b690605eb8f2021-12-02T05:49:52ZAdaptive Affect: The Nature of Anxiety and Depression1178-2021https://doaj.org/article/dd71b870673a4080ae3b0b690605eb8f2019-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/adaptive-affect-the-nature-of-anxiety-and-depression-peer-reviewed-article-NDThttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-2021David W Morris Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USACorrespondence: David W MorrisDepartment of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., NE5.106, Dallas, TX 75390-9127, USATel +1214-648-7085Fax +1214-645-2786Email DavidW.Morris@UTSouthwestern.eduAbstract: An approach viewing anxiety and depression as extensions of normal adaptive biologic drives is discussed. Anxiety is viewed as the result of an underlying biological drive to preserve and maintain our wellbeing. At the extremes, if unresolved, this drive can be maladaptive, particularly if activated over prolonged periods of time. This paper proposes that depression is the result of a biological drive that mediates the effects of maladaptive levels of anxiety. These two processes are thought to be acting simultaneously. When operating in the normal range, these drives are helpful; in the extremes, they are associated with impairment. Over time, if unresolved, symptoms of anxiety will begin to become associated with increasing levels of depression.Keywords: depression, anxiety, adaptive affect, stressMorris DWDove Medical Pressarticledepressionanxietymixed depression and anxietyadaptive affectNeurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryRC321-571Neurology. Diseases of the nervous systemRC346-429ENNeuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, Vol Volume 15, Pp 3323-3326 (2019)
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topic	depression anxiety mixed depression and anxiety adaptive affect Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RC321-571 Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system RC346-429
spellingShingle	depression anxiety mixed depression and anxiety adaptive affect Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RC321-571 Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system RC346-429 Morris DW Adaptive Affect: The Nature of Anxiety and Depression
description	David W Morris Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USACorrespondence: David W MorrisDepartment of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., NE5.106, Dallas, TX 75390-9127, USATel +1214-648-7085Fax +1214-645-2786Email DavidW.Morris@UTSouthwestern.eduAbstract: An approach viewing anxiety and depression as extensions of normal adaptive biologic drives is discussed. Anxiety is viewed as the result of an underlying biological drive to preserve and maintain our wellbeing. At the extremes, if unresolved, this drive can be maladaptive, particularly if activated over prolonged periods of time. This paper proposes that depression is the result of a biological drive that mediates the effects of maladaptive levels of anxiety. These two processes are thought to be acting simultaneously. When operating in the normal range, these drives are helpful; in the extremes, they are associated with impairment. Over time, if unresolved, symptoms of anxiety will begin to become associated with increasing levels of depression.Keywords: depression, anxiety, adaptive affect, stress
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title	Adaptive Affect: The Nature of Anxiety and Depression
title_short	Adaptive Affect: The Nature of Anxiety and Depression
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Adaptive Affect: The Nature of Anxiety and Depression

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