Depression - Etiology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

The health consequences of using physical restraints in nursing homes.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Using a national longitudinal sample of nursing homes residents (N = 264,068), we examine whether physical restraint use contributes to subsequent physical or psychological health decline. METHODS: The minimum data set, the on-line ... Read more...

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...

Latest indexed articles for 'Depression - Etiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The health consequences of using physical restraints in nursing homes. 30 Oct 2009
• 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
• [Effects of Linggui Bafa on the therapeutic effect and quality of life in patients of post-stroke depression] 29 Sep 2009
• Health-risk correlates of video-game playing among adults. 29 Sep 2009
• An unusual cause of paraparesis and depression. 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
• Association of resident fatigue and distress with perceived medical errors. 21 Sep 2009
• Left too early: the effects of age at separation from parents on Chinese rural children's symptoms of anxiety and depression. 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
• Cardiology Patient Page. Coping with my partner's ICD and cardiac disease. 6 Sep 2009
• Epac2 induces synapse remodeling and depression and its disease-associated forms alter spines. 4 Sep 2009
• Struck from behind: maintaining quality of life with chronic low back pain. 30 Aug 2009
• Evaluation of the effectiveness and efficacy of Iyengar yoga therapy on chronic low back pain. 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
• Caring for mom and neglecting yourself? The health effects of caring for an elderly parent. 30 Aug 2009
• Metal music and mental health in France. 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