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Depressive Disorder - Drug therapy
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Definition of 'Depressive Disorder'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. Common names: 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 |
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
13 Oct 2009 
OBJECTIVE: To explore the reasons behind the recent increase in antidepressant prescribing in the United Kingdom. Design Detailed retrospective analysis of data on general practitioner consultations and antidepressant prescribing. Data source Data ... Read more...
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor exposure in utero and pregnancy outcomes.
29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of intrauterine selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) exposure on pregnancy outcomes. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Department of Obstetrics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark. ... Read more...
29 Sep 2009 CONTEXT: Effectiveness of organized depression care programs is well established, but dissemination will depend on the balance of benefits and costs. OBJECTIVES: To estimate the incremental benefit, incremental cost, and net benefit of 2 depression ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Depressive Disorder - Drug therapy'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- SSRIs and congenital defects. Spontaneous publishing and academic miscarriages (SPAM).
19 Oct 2009 - Women should give informed consent before starting SSRIs. 19 Oct 2009
- SSRIs and congenital defects. Case registers in pregnancy? 19 Oct 2009
- Explaining the rise in antidepressant prescribing: a descriptive study using the general practice research database. 13 Oct 2009
- GlaxoSmithKline told to pay family $2.5m after jury finds paroxetine caused son's heart defects. 13 Oct 2009
- Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor exposure in utero and pregnancy outcomes. 29 Sep 2009
- Incremental benefit and cost of telephone care management and telephone psychotherapy for depression in primary care. 29 Sep 2009
- Rapid improvement in affective information processing after acute administration of reboxetine. 29 Sep 2009
- Neonatal S100B protein levels after prenatal exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. 26 Sep 2009
- Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in pregnancy and congenital malformations: population based cohort study. 21 Sep 2009
- Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and congenital malformations. 21 Sep 2009
- Effect of acute antidepressant administration on negative affective bias in depressed patients. 13 Sep 2009
- Progress on primary care management of depression. 13 Sep 2009
- Case management for depression by health care assistants in small primary care practices: a cluster randomized trial. 13 Sep 2009
- [Diagnosis and therapy of depression in family practice] 4 Sep 2009
- Use of complementary and alternative medicine among individuals with serious mood disorders receiving electroconvulsive therapy. 30 Aug 2009
- Impacts of switching antidepressants after successful electroconvulsive therapy on the maintenance of clinical remission in patients with treatment-resistant depression: a chart review. 30 Aug 2009
- Meta-analytic interval estimation for standardized and unstandardized mean differences. 30 Aug 2009
- Duloxetine serum concentrations and clinical effects. Data from a therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) survey. 30 Aug 2009
- Melancholia as a useful subtype of major depression. 30 Aug 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