Top Research Papers on Depression

Zusammenfassung Oft wird davon ausgegangen, dass Depressionen unterdiagnostiziert werden. Tatsächlich hat aber die undifferenzierte Diagnostik von Depressionen, die nur noch den Schweregrad berücksichtigt, dazu geführt, dass auch Überdiagnostik erfolgt. Trauerprozesse oder psychische Auffälligkeiten mit Beteiligung unterschiedlicher Affekte werden mit Depressionsdiagnosen versehen, auch wenn die klassische Psychopathologie eines depressiven Syndroms nicht vorliegt. Entsprechende Ergebnisse werden in der Übersicht dargestellt. Zu fordern ist eine differenzierte Diagnostik der Depression, die ps...

I have recently reported the development of ulceration of the skin of the face and nostril with erosion of the ala nasi in two patients with vascular disorders of the brainstem.

Wenn Betroffene berichten, wie sie eine Depression erleben, wird rasch deutlich, wie stark diese Erkrankung das Erleben, Verhalten und die Gefühle in nahezu allen Lebensbereichen beeinträchtigt. Trotz der Schwere dieser Störung bleiben viele Menschen mit Depressionen unbehandelt – sei es aus Scham, Unwissen oder mangelnden Angeboten. Dabei sind die Betroffenen nicht allein: Die Lebenszeitprävalenz, an einer Depression zu erkranken, liegt bei 12 % (Männer) bis 26 % (Frauen) [4]. Es ist eine der am häufigsten auftretenden psychischen Erkrankungen bzw. Symptomkonstellationen – und dazu noch gut e...

To be diagnosed with depression, an individual must have signs and symptoms nearly every day for at least 2 weeks, however, the features of this condition vary widely.

Within a year of qualifying in 1937 I was offered a house job at Bethlem Royal Hospital, a venerable hospital in a new building on the Kent/Surrey border in south London, one of a small group of "registered hospitals" providing psychiatric care for modest fees, and concentrating on early and treatable cases.

The author's account will be personal and idiosyncratic: it is based on experience acquired in the management of more than 2,000 such cases during nearly two decades of private consultant and general hospital practice.

The current study suggests that amputees in sample have mostly mild mood disturbance BDI, as they were following rehabilitation and using assistive devices which reduces the impact of disability and dependency and helps coping with depression.

The style is brisk as befits the size and an up to date "state of the art" which is scope of the book, and the approach is tradiavailable in a single volume.

To be diagnosed with depression, an individual must have signs and symptoms nearly every day for at least 2 weeks, however, the features of this condition vary widely.

ences in the frequency with which the major diag nostic categories figure among U.K. and U.S. mental hospital admissions. A good initial hypothesis was that the discrepancies were due to differences in diagnostic habits on the two sides of the Atlantic, and the results show that this is indeed practically the whole story. Such differences as still remain, after the axe of diag nostic reliability has been truly swung, are likely to reflect differences in the availability of psychiatric facilities, admission policies, the existence of a National Health Service here, and the like. The reliability...

Zwischen Therapeut und Patient sollte „die Chemie stimmen“. Beide gehen bewusst ein „Arbeitsbündnis“ ein, indem sie sich darauf verständigen, dass gemeinsame Ziele und ein freundlicher Umgang miteinander die Grundlage der Therapie bilden. Wurde dieses Arbeitsbündnis bisher eher als Rahmen betrachtet, so rückt es nun stärker in den Fokus der Forschung. Die schwedischen Wissenschaftler F. Falkenström und Kollegen haben nun in einer Studie untersucht, ob und wie sich das Arbeitsbündnis auf depressive Symptome auswirkt.

The prevalence of depression among the adult population of district Peshawar was high and shows strong association with predisposing determinants, and whole population needs to be screento estimate the accurate prevalence and to treat high burden of mental illnesses among the community.

"should be regarded as a psychogenic reaction which requires psychological diagnosis and psychological management". Again, it would be of interest to know of any evidence that such management is of any benefit at all. Meanwhile, we might ask how "neurotic reaction" could explain the findings of Grant and Mears",' that depression and loss of libido are more common with strongly progestogenic oral contraceptives with low doses of eestrogen, e.g., 30% of women on "Anovlar" and 34% on "Volidan" complalned of depression and loss of libido, compared with 6% on sequentials.

It would enhance the scientific respectability of this branch of neurology, as Professor Miller describes it, if a neurologist were to give his results in a form which made possible comparison with results obtained by others.

It is estimated that 16% of the general population experiences clinically significant depression in a given 12-month period (Kessler, Tat Chiu, Demler, & Walters, 2005). In addition to the impact on affected individuals and their families, depressive disorders place a burden of almost $50 billion per year on the American economy, accounting for over 20% of costs for all mental illness (Stewart, Ricci, Chee, Hahn, & Morganstein, 2003). Compared to other physical and mental disorders, depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide according to the World Health Organization (James et al....

This guideline recommends screening adults for depression in clinical practices that have "systems in place to assure accurate diagnosis, effective treatment, and follow-up" and advises clinicians to consider screening patients with identified risk factors and those with several unexplained or unrelated somatic symptoms.

To be diagnosed with depression, an individual must have signs and symptoms nearly every day for at least 2 weeks, however, the features of this condition vary widely.

This book provides an introduction to the etiology and pathophysiology of depression, common comorbidities and differential diagnoses, pharmacotherapy strategies, psychotherapeutic and neuromodulation interventions, novel and nontraditional treatment strategies, and considerations in special populations.

Mike Shooter, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, who holds a regular weekly clinic in south Wales, spoke to Helen Crane about how being a patient has helped him be a better doctor.

Electroconvulsive Therapy ECT is indicated for patients who have failed to respond to or cannot tolerate pharmacologic treatment or who are imminently suicidal, severely psychomotor retarded, delusional, or unable or unwilling to eat.