Depressive Disorder - Rehabilitation
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Perceived need for mental health care among community-dwelling older adults.

7 Oct 2009 Only half of older adults with a mental disorder use mental health services, and little is known about the causes of perceived need for mental health care (MHC). We used logistic regression to examine relationships among depression, anxiety, chronic ... Read more...

Potential benefits and harms of a peer support social network service on the internet for people with depressive tendencies: qualitative content analysis and social network analysis.

21 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: Internet peer support groups for depression are becoming popular and could be affected by an increasing number of social network services (SNSs). However, little is known about participant characteristics, social relationships in SNSs, ... Read more...

Trends in mental health admissions to nursing homes, 1999-2005.

29 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVE: The study examined 1999-2005 data on first-time nursing home admissions of individuals with mental illness, dementia, or both to identify trends and characteristics. METHODS: The Minimum Data Set was used to estimate the number and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Depressive Disorder - Rehabilitation'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Perceived need for mental health care among community-dwelling older adults. 7 Oct 2009
• Potential benefits and harms of a peer support social network service on the internet for people with depressive tendencies: qualitative content analysis and social network analysis. 21 Jul 2009
• Trends in mental health admissions to nursing homes, 1999-2005. 29 Jun 2009
• Physical, affective, and behavioral effects of group reminiscence on depressed institutionalized elders in Taiwan. 29 Jun 2009
• Efficacy, tolerability and safety of tianeptine in special populations of depressive patients. 30 May 2009
• Two-way street between depression and heart disease. Lifting depression can help the heart; exercise is essential. 30 May 2009
• Self-protective organization in children with conversion and somatoform disorders. 17 May 2009
• Neuropsychiatric problems after traumatic brain injury: unraveling the silent epidemic. 29 Apr 2009
• The working alliance and employment outcomes for people with severe mental illness enrolled in vocational programs. 29 Apr 2009
• Pain, depression, and physical functioning following burn injury. 29 Apr 2009
• Older people, mental health and learning. 14 Apr 2009
• Occupational outcome in adult ADHD: impact of symptom profile, comorbid psychiatric problems, and treatment: a cross-sectional study of 414 clinically diagnosed adult ADHD patients. 14 Apr 2009
• Impact of physical activity on mood after TBI. 27 Feb 2009
• Are patients with depression at heightened risk of suicide as they begin to recover? 27 Feb 2009
• [Letting go in order to move on--clinical report: therapeutic climbing in psychosomatic rehabilitation] 8 Feb 2009
• Family problems among recently returned military veterans referred for a mental health evaluation. 8 Feb 2009
• Effectiveness of a depression disease management program in improving depression and work function--a pilot study. 30 Dec 2008
• Does exercise impact mood? Exercise patterns of patients in a psychiatric partial hospital program. 30 Dec 2008
• [Psychometric analysis of a short form of the "Hamburg Modules for the Assessment of Psychosocial Health" (HEALTH-49)] 30 Dec 2008
• Depression precipitated by alcohol use in patients with co-occurring bipolar and substance use disorders. 28 Dec 2008

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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