Chronic Stress Leads to Anxiety and Depression
Short Communication | Open Access
| Volume 5 | Issue 1
Article DOI : https://doi.org/10.47739/2374-0124/1091
- 1. Department of Psychology, University of Karachi, Pakistan
- 2. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Pakistan
Rafeeq Alam Khan, Department of Pharmacology,
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi,
Karachi-75270, Pakistan
Abstract
Studies have found a link between chronic stress and anxiety disorders as well as
major depressive disorder. This article reviews literature based on that keeping in view
the physiology of stress and its consequences on psychological well-being of a person.
If untreated, stress however downplayed at times, could be hazardous.