Depressive Disorder - Therapy
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

[Evaluation of Germany's sixth national health target entitled "Depressive illnesses - prevention, early diagnosis, sustainable treatment"]

29 Sep 2009 In 2006, Germany's sixth national health target entitled "Depressive illnesses - prevention, early diagnosis, sustainable treatment" was developed by an interdisciplinary group of experts. A total of six areas of activity and proposals for action ... Read more...

Incremental benefit and cost of telephone care management and telephone psychotherapy for depression in primary care.

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...

The development of a knowledge test of depression and its treatment for patients suffering from non-psychotic depression: a psychometric assessment.

13 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: To develop and psychometrically assess a multiple choice question (MCQ) instrument to test knowledge of depression and its treatments in patients suffering from depression. METHODS: A total of 63 depressed patients and twelve psychiatric ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Depressive Disorder - Therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Infection, inflammation, and mental illness. The body's immune response to infectious agents may imperil the brain. 29 Sep 2009
• [Evaluation of Germany's sixth national health target entitled "Depressive illnesses - prevention, early diagnosis, sustainable treatment"] 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
• Report offers clinicians guidance for treating depression during pregnancy. 14 Sep 2009
• The development of a knowledge test of depression and its treatment for patients suffering from non-psychotic depression: a psychometric assessment. 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
• Maintenance electroconvulsive therapy: implementing the STABLE algorithm. 30 Aug 2009
• Use of complementary and alternative medicine among individuals with serious mood disorders receiving electroconvulsive therapy. 30 Aug 2009
• Safety of electroconvulsive therapy in patients with unrepaired abdominal aortic aneurysm: report of 8 patients. 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
• Center caters to children's needs. 30 Aug 2009
• Electroconvulsive therapy: the struggles in the decision-making process and the aftermath of treatment. 30 Aug 2009
• [Interview with professor Florian Holsboer (interview by Angelika Staub)] 30 Aug 2009
• Pharmacotherapy or untreated antenatal depression: a false dichotomy. 30 Aug 2009
• Reflections on perinatal depression treatment. 30 Aug 2009
• Adding psychotherapy to pharmacotherapy in the treatment of depressive disorders in adults: a meta-analysis. 30 Aug 2009
• How does sexual minority stigma "get under the skin"? A psychological mediation framework. 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