Mixed anxiety-depressive disorder (
MADD) is a diagnostic category defining patients who suffer from both
anxiety and
depressive symptoms of limited and equal intensity accompanied by at least some autonomic features. The
World Health Organization's
ICD-10 describes
Mixed anxiety and depressive disorder : "...when symptoms of
anxiety and
depression are both present, but neither is clearly predominant, and neither type of symptom is present to the extent that justifies a diagnosis if considered separately. When both anxiety and depressive symptoms are present and severe enough to justify individual diagnoses, both diagnoses should be recorded and this category should not be used."