Depression
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Friday, November 20, 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...

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...

Doctors' stress responses and poor communication performance in simulated bad-news consultations.

30 Oct 2009 PURPOSE: No studies have previously evaluated factors associated with high stress levels and poor communication performance in breaking bad news (BBN) consultations. This study determined factors that were most strongly related to doctors' stress ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Depression'

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
• The health consequences of using physical restraints in nursing homes. 30 Oct 2009
• Doctors' stress responses and poor communication performance in simulated bad-news consultations. 30 Oct 2009
• Depression in adults with a chronic physical health problem: treatment and management. 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
• Felt obligation to help others as a protective factor against losses in psychological well-being following functional decline in middle and later life. 11 Oct 2009
• New focus on long-term mental health of patients who survive serious illness. 5 Oct 2009
• Rapid emotion regulation after mood induction: age and individual differences. 4 Oct 2009
• The aftermath of hip fracture: discharge placement, functional status change, and mortality. 2 Oct 2009
• [Effects of Linggui Bafa on the therapeutic effect and quality of life in patients of post-stroke depression] 29 Sep 2009
• Polyunsaturated fatty acid status in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, and Alzheimer's disease: towards an omega-3 index for mental health? 29 Sep 2009
• Health-risk correlates of video-game playing among adults. 29 Sep 2009
• Ten-year change in plasma amyloid beta levels and late-life cognitive decline. 29 Sep 2009
• Promising strategies for the prevention of dementia. 29 Sep 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
• An unusual cause of paraparesis and depression. 29 Sep 2009
• The prevalence of depression among men living with HIV infection in Vietnam. 29 Sep 2009
• Reduced limbic connections may contraindicate subgenual cingulate deep brain stimulation for intractable depression. 29 Sep 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