Psychiatric Problems in Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Depression and Anxiety

Depression, anxiety and tuberculosis are common conditions with significant public health implications. The connection among these is syndemic: the incidence of one increases chance developing other, clusters biological, social psychological interaction. Therefore, it has become crucial to understand better mechanisms liable for physiological process related three conditions. present review focuses specifically on shared events (perception illness severity, stigma, poverty isolation) biological pathways (central response immune system within CNS, activation HPA axis SNS) that may mechanistically elucidate depression-anxiety-tuberculosis association discuss interventions prospects issues be arranged by future clinical research