Ask Mark 6.6 - Link between depression and anxiety

Ask Mark 6.6 - Link between depression and anxiety

Professor Mark Solms from the University of Cape Town (UCT) a question (see below) posed to him on UCT's free online course, "What is a Mind?", hosted by FutureLearn. For more information on visit http://bit.ly/1JB2Dxf .

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Question: I’d like to know more about the link between depression and anxiety, especially the generalised, global kind of anxiety with no real identifiable cause. Why do some people cope with anxiety or don’t even feel any, when others are riddled with it?