Depression - Epidemiology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Life satisfaction of Swedish pediatric oncologists: The role of personality, work-related aspects, and emotional distress.

13 Dec 2009 BACKGROUND: The first nationwide, population-based study of Swedish pediatric oncologists was conducted in 2006 and it revealed that various aspects of their life satisfaction obviously influenced their stress-resilience. This second part of the ... Read more...

Health-risk correlates of video-game playing among adults.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Although considerable research suggests that health-risk factors vary as a function of video-game playing among young people, direct evidence of such linkages among adults is lacking. PURPOSE: The goal of this study was to distinguish ... Read more...

The prevalence of depression among men living with HIV infection in Vietnam.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVES: We assessed the prevalence of depression among men living with HIV infection in Vietnam and compared the findings with those from a general population survey of Vietnamese men. METHODS: Between November 2007 and April 2008, 584 ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Depression - Epidemiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Life satisfaction of Swedish pediatric oncologists: The role of personality, work-related aspects, and emotional distress. 13 Dec 2009
• New focus on long-term mental health of patients who survive serious illness. 5 Oct 2009
• Health-risk correlates of video-game playing among adults. 29 Sep 2009
• The prevalence of depression among men living with HIV infection in Vietnam. 29 Sep 2009
• Learning from history: a commentary on the American Heart Association Science Advisory on depression screening. 29 Sep 2009
• Life and death during the Great Depression. 26 Sep 2009
• Trends and determinants of end-of-life practices in ALS in the Netherlands. 20 Sep 2009
• Anxiety and depression in cystic fibrosis. 14 Sep 2009
• Patterns of adaptation in patients living long term with advanced cancer. 13 Sep 2009
• [Depression in the elderly] 7 Sep 2009
• Anxiety and depression among long-term survivors of cancer in Australia: results of a population-based survey. Comment. 5 Sep 2009
• Anxiety and depression among long-term survivors of cancer in Australia: results of a population-based survey. 5 Sep 2009
• A national approach to perinatal mental health in Australia: exercising caution in the roll-out of a public health initiative. 5 Sep 2009
• [Diagnosis and therapy of depression in family practice] 4 Sep 2009
• Recognizing ADHD in adults with comorbid mood disorders: implications for identification and management. 30 Aug 2009
• [Suicide in the aged, a hidden reality] 30 Aug 2009
• Impact of antenatal and postpartum maternal mental illness: how are the children? 30 Aug 2009
• Psychiatric disorders in pregnancy. Foreword. 30 Aug 2009
• Symptoms of Turkish patients with depression in Ankara and Berlin. 30 Aug 2009
• [Mental illness common among physicians. To seek help for stress and mental problems is not always easy] 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