ifetime. Herein lie some of the symptoms associated with anxiety attested in the DSM –IV. Somatically symptoms such as shakiness, jitteriness, jumpiness and trembling. Secondly autonomic hyperactivity: sweating, heart pounding, dry mouth or dizziness may be evident. Thirdly symptoms such as apprehensive expectation, feelings of anxiety, worry, fear, expectation or sometimes present is an anticipation of misfortune for self or others. Fourthly vigilance or scanning may occur. This entails the client presenting with hyper-attentiveness, insomnia, impatience and poor attention span.
             Comparatively this is a very apparent disorder that is anxiety disorders have many somatic and physiological manifestations. Apposed to depression that seems to be a predominately inwardly focusing disease process.
             One of the predominate treatments of anxiety is a combination of both psychotherapeutic and pharmacotherapeutic advances. All chronic anxieties require a long-term therapeutic relationship with a counsellor or psychiatrist. The major psychotherapeutic approaches include cognitive-behavioural, supportive and insight-orientated theories. Little information is available as to which of these modalities is most appropriate for the anxiety disorders. So far Cognitive-Behavioural seems to have the most chronic and acute benefits. (Kaplan et.al 1994) Pharmcotherapeutically a few drugs have shown to be very effective in the treatment of anxiety these include benzodiazepines such as diazepam and oxazepam. These agents are most effective in very severe anxiety with strong autonomic overactivity (panic disorder) as are several antidepressant agents. (Gilman et.al.1996)
             Depressive disorders are a group of disorders that according to the DSM-IV come under the classification of Mood disorders. Many patients often do not fit the criteria for a depressive disorder because either their symptoms are not severe enough or the duration of the episode is not lo...