Depression - Nursing
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Insomnia, depression, and distress among outpatients with prostate cancer.

30 Jul 2009 Limited information is known about insomnia, depression, and distress in men with prostate cancer. This study explored insomnia and its relationship to depression and distress in this population. Participants (N = 51) were recruited from a Veterans ... Read more...

Knowledge of late-life depression: an empirical investigation of aged care staff.

29 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVES: This study examined knowledge of late-life depression among staff working in residential and community aged care settings, as well as their previous training in caring for older people with depression. METHOD: A sample of 320 aged care ... Read more...

The symptom cluster of fatigue, pain, anxiety, and depression and the effect on the quality of life of women receiving treatment for breast cancer: a multicenter study.

29 Jun 2009 PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To examine the symptom cluster of fatigue, pain, anxiety, and depression and its effect on the quality of life (QOL) of women receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy for breast cancer. DESIGN: Descriptive. SETTING: Oncology ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Depression - Nursing'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Depression in adults with a chronic physical health problem: treatment and management. 30 Oct 2009
• Insomnia, depression, and distress among outpatients with prostate cancer. 30 Jul 2009
• Knowledge of late-life depression: an empirical investigation of aged care staff. 29 Jun 2009
• The symptom cluster of fatigue, pain, anxiety, and depression and the effect on the quality of life of women receiving treatment for breast cancer: a multicenter study. 29 Jun 2009
• [Pain and depression; strategies to improve primary health care, based on a clinical case] 30 May 2009
• Effects of cranial electrical stimulation on sleep disturbances, depressive symptoms, and caregiving appraisal in spousal caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease. 29 Apr 2009
• Depression and perceptions of quality of life of breast cancer survivors and their male partners. 29 Apr 2009
• Prevalence and correlates of depression among patients with head and neck cancer: a systematic review of implications for research. 29 Apr 2009
• Lesbians' constructions of depression. 29 Apr 2009
• [Effects of a cognitive-behavioral nursing intervention on anxiety and depression in women with breast cancer undergoing radiotherapy] 30 Mar 2009
• Pharmacological developments in the treatment of depression. 30 Mar 2009
• Living with an unfixable heart: a qualitative study exploring the experience of living with advanced heart failure. 15 Mar 2009
• The Bypassing the Blues treatment protocol: stepped collaborative care for treating post-CABG depression. 31 Jan 2009
• The relationship between community violence exposure and mental health symptoms in urban adolescents. 29 Nov 2008
• [Surmounting perinatal grief. A program for help to support parents] 30 Oct 2008
• Lifting the gloom. 30 Oct 2008
• Factors related to depressed mood in adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease after hospitalization. 30 Aug 2008
• The contribution of nursing to public health practice in the prevention of depression. 30 Aug 2008
• Depression training program for caregivers of elderly care recipients: implementation and qualitative evaluation. 30 Aug 2008
• Response to Manthorpe J (2007) commentary on Nahcivan NO and Demirezen E (2005) depressive symptomatology among Turkish older adults with low income in a rural community sample. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 1232-1240. 30 Aug 2008

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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