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Network origins of anxiety and depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2010

Michael E. Hyland
Michael E. Hyland
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School of Psychology, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA, United Kingdom. mhyland@plymouth.ac.ukhttp://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/dynamic.asp?page=staffdetails&id=mhyland
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Abstract

Cramer et al. contrast two possible explanations for psychological symptoms: latent variables (i.e., specific cause) versus a network of causality between symptoms. There is a third explanation: The reason for comorbidity and the reported network structure of psychological symptoms is that the underlying biological cause is a psychoneuroimmunoendocrine information network which, when dysregulated, leads to several maladaptive psychological and somatic symptoms.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 33 , Issue 2-3 , June 2010 , pp. 161 - 162
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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