Depressive Disorder - Complications
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Cognitive deficits in the euthymic phase of unipolar depression.

16 Sep 2009 Although neuropsychological deficits have been reported in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) during an acute episode, relatively little is known about the persistence of these deficits in remission. This study investigated the ... Read more...

[Diagnosis and therapy of depression in family practice]

4 Sep 2009 Depression is one of the most prevalent mental disorders, according to Hungarian and international data. In Western- Europe, lifetime prevalence of major depression is 13%, while one-year prevalence is 4%. The prevalence of severe depressive ... Read more...

Fatigue with systolic heart failure.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND AND RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: Fatigue is one of the most prevalent symptoms in persons with systolic heart failure (HF). There remains insufficient information about the physiological and psychosocial underpinnings of fatigue in HF. The ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Depressive Disorder - Complications'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Obesity and depression or anxiety. 4 Oct 2009
• Cognitive deficits in the euthymic phase of unipolar depression. 16 Sep 2009
• [Diagnosis and therapy of depression in family practice] 4 Sep 2009
• Synaesthesia. 2 Sep 2009
• Fatigue with systolic heart failure. 30 Aug 2009
• Validation of a new self-report measure of parental attributions. 30 Aug 2009
• Treatment-resistant depression and sudden cardiac death. 30 Aug 2009
• Quality of life and depression in CKD: improving hope and health. 30 Aug 2009
• Duloxetine in obese binge eater outpatients: preliminary results from a 12-week open trial. 30 Jul 2009
• A test of a cognitive diathesis-stress generation pathway in early adolescent depression. 30 Jul 2009
• Disentangling the effects of low self-esteem and stressful events on depression: findings from three longitudinal studies. 30 Jul 2009
• Obsessive compulsive disorder: diagnosis and management. 30 Jul 2009
• Application of depression criteria (DSM-IV) in patients with Parkinson's disease. 6 Jul 2009
• [Depression and dementia--a multifaceted relation] 4 Jul 2009
• Depressive symptoms predict the subsequent risk of bodily pain in dialysis patients: Japan Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study. 29 Jun 2009
• Association between depression and survival or disease recurrence in patients with head and neck cancer enrolled in a depression prevention trial. 29 Jun 2009
• [Late onset hypopituitarism due to hypoplasia of the adenohypophysis with invisible stalk and ectopic neurohypophysis in a 67-year-old patient] 29 Jun 2009
• [Anxious-depressive disorders and metabolic syndrome] 29 Jun 2009
• Schizotypy, depression, and anxiety in physical and social anhedonia. 29 Jun 2009
• [Depressive disorders in dementia and mild cognitive impairments: is comorbidity a cause or a risk factor?] 14 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Depressive Disorder'

Definition: An affective disorder manifested by either a dysphoric mood or loss of interest or pleasure in usual activities. The mood disturbance is prominent and relatively persistent.

Descriptor UI: D003866

Alternative terms: Depressive Disorder; Depressive Disorders; Disorder, Depressive; Disorders, Depressive; Neurosis, Depressive; Depressive Neuroses; Depressive Neurosis; Neuroses, Depressive; Depression, Endogenous; Depressions, Endogenous; Endogenous Depression; Endogenous Depressions; Depressive Syndrome; Depressive Syndromes; Syndrome, Depressive; Syndromes, Depressive; Depression, Neurotic; Depressions, Neurotic; Neurotic Depression; Neurotic Depressions; Melancholia; Melancholias; Unipolar Depression; Depression, Unipolar; Depressions, Unipolar; Unipolar Depressions;

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: F03.600.300;

Online Note: use ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS to search DEPRESSIVE NEUROSES 1969-80

History Note: 81; DEPRESSION, NEUROTIC was DEPRESSIVE NEUROSES see DEPRESSION, REACTIVE 1979-80, see under DEPRESSION, REACTIVE 1969-78

Technical Notes: do not confuse with DEPRESSION: see note there; depression lasting over 2 years = DYSTHYMIC DISORDER