1. A Dimensional Approach to Depression and Anxiety
... seen as independent from one another. Categories of mental disorders are based on observable, phenotypic features rather than etiologies and neurobiological factors (Brown & Barlow, 2009; Watson, 2005). The DSMs categorical approach to disorders brings up questions about the validity of these categories. In the DSM 4, psychopathology is organized into general diagnostic classes ... specific temperamental component. Increased negative affect and lack of positive affect was related to depression. Hyperarousability was specifically related to anxiety (Chin, Ebesutani & Young, 2013; Watson,...
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