pecially in primary care settings. These co- The Comorbidity of Major Depression and Anxiety Disorders: Recognition and Management in Primary Care

commonly occur together in patients presenting in the primary care setting. Although recognition of individual depressive and anxiety disorders has increased substantially in the past decade, recogni-tion of comorbidity still lags. The current report reviews the epidemiology, clinical implications, and management of comorbidity in the primary care setting. Method: Literature was reviewed by 2 methods: (1) a MEDLINE search (1980–2001) using the key words depression, depressive disorders, and anxiety disorders; comorbidity was also searched with indi-vidual anxiety diagnoses; and (2) direct search of psychiatry, primary care, and internal medicine journals over the past 5 years