Depression - Diagnosis
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Association of depression and pain interference with disease-management self-efficacy in community-dwelling individuals with spinal cord injury.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To determine factors influencing disease-management self-efficacy in individuals with spinal cord injury. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study. SUBJECTS/PATIENTS: Forty-nine community-dwelling individuals with chronic spinal cord injury (mean ... Read more...

Prediction of depressive symptoms up to three years post-stroke.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To describe the long-term course of depressive symptoms up to 3 years post-stroke and to develop a prediction model for depressive symptoms 1 and 3 years post-stroke. DESIGN: Longitudinal follow-up study. PATIENTS: Data were analysed for ... Read more...

Screening for emotional distress in cancer patients: a systematic review of assessment instruments.

11 Oct 2009 Screening for emotional distress is becoming increasingly common in cancer care. This systematic review examines the psychometric properties of the existing tools used to screen patients for emotional distress, with the goal of encouraging screening ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Depression - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Association of depression and pain interference with disease-management self-efficacy in community-dwelling individuals with spinal cord injury. 30 Oct 2009
• Prediction of depressive symptoms up to three years post-stroke. 30 Oct 2009
• Screening for emotional distress in cancer patients: a systematic review of assessment instruments. 11 Oct 2009
• Rapid emotion regulation after mood induction: age and individual differences. 4 Oct 2009
• Sorting out the competing effects of acculturation, immigrant stress, and social support on depression: a report on Korean women in California. 29 Sep 2009
• Learning from history: a commentary on the American Heart Association Science Advisory on depression screening. 29 Sep 2009
• Associations between psychological distress, learning, and memory in spouse caregivers of older adults. 15 Sep 2009
• Anxiety and depression in cystic fibrosis. 14 Sep 2009
• [Mood disorders in patients with chronic kidney disease. Diagnosis, screening and treatment of depression] 11 Sep 2009
• [Diagnosis and therapy of depression in family practice] 4 Sep 2009
• The effects of 16-week group exercise program on physical function and mental health of elderly Korean women in long-term assisted living facility. 30 Aug 2009
• Longitudinal study of depressive symptoms and health-related quality of life during pregnancy and after delivery: the Health Status in Pregnancy (HIP) study. 30 Aug 2009
• Family functioning and maternal distress in adolescent girls with anorexia nervosa. 30 Aug 2009
• Diagnostic accuracy of Spanish language depression-screening instruments. 30 Aug 2009
• Depression and increased mortality in diabetes: unexpected causes of death. 30 Aug 2009
• The Gambling Craving Scale: Psychometric validation and behavioral outcomes. 30 Aug 2009
• Treating partial responders to antidepressant treatment. 30 Aug 2009
• Trauma history is associated with psychological distress and somatic symptoms in homebound older adults. 30 Aug 2009
• Predictors of new onset depression in medically ill, disabled older adults at 1 year follow-up. 30 Aug 2009
• Stability and change in retrospective reports of childhood experiences over a 5-year period: findings from the Davis Longitudinal Study. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Depression'

Definition: Depressive states usually of moderate intensity in contrast with major depression present in neurotic and psychotic disorders.

Descriptor UI: D003863

Alternative terms: Depression; Depressions; Depressive Symptoms; Depressive Symptom; Symptom, Depressive; Symptoms, Depressive; Emotional Depression; Depression, Emotional; Depressions, Emotional; Emotional Depressions;

Related Mesh Headings: Antidepressive Agents;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F01.145.126.350;

Technical Notes: human & animal; /drug ther: consider also ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; do not confuse this or X ref (depression of "moderate intensity") with DEPRESSIVE DISORDER ("prominent & relatively persistent" depression): psychiatrists differentiate on basis of degree