Depressive Disorder, Major - Therapy
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Cognitive behavioral analysis system of psychotherapy and brief supportive psychotherapy for augmentation of antidepressant nonresponse in chronic depression: the REVAMP Trial.

30 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: Previous studies have found that few chronically depressed patients remit with antidepressant medications alone. OBJECTIVE: To determine the role of adjunctive psychotherapy in the treatment of chronically depressed patients with less than ... Read more...

Distinct striatal targets in treating obsessive-compulsive disorder and major depression.

29 Sep 2009 The ventral striatum, including the head of the caudate nucleus and the nucleus accumbens, is a putative target for deep brain stimulation (DBS) in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and major depression (MD). However, the ... Read more...

[Mood disorders in patients with chronic kidney disease. Diagnosis, screening and treatment of depression]

11 Sep 2009 Depression is a common co-morbid condition in patients suffering from a variety of chronic medical conditions. In spite of this, mental health of patients with chronic kidney disease is understudied. Accurate estimation of the prevalence of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Depressive Disorder, Major - Therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Cognitive behavioral analysis system of psychotherapy and brief supportive psychotherapy for augmentation of antidepressant nonresponse in chronic depression: the REVAMP Trial. 30 Oct 2009
• Distinct striatal targets in treating obsessive-compulsive disorder and major depression. 29 Sep 2009
• [Mood disorders in patients with chronic kidney disease. Diagnosis, screening and treatment of depression] 11 Sep 2009
• [Diagnosis and therapy of depression in family practice] 4 Sep 2009
• Four years of successful maintenance electroconvulsive therapy. 30 Aug 2009
• Clinical outcomes and quality of life in patients submitted to electroconvulsive therapy. 30 Aug 2009
• Cardiac rhythm disturbance in a depressed patient after implantation with a vagus nerve stimulator. 30 Aug 2009
• Electroconvulsive therapy in the setting of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. 30 Aug 2009
• Effects of propofol or etomidate on QT interval during electroconvulsive therapy. 30 Aug 2009
• Effective use of electroconvulsive therapy after craniofacial reconstructive surgery. 30 Aug 2009
• Imbalance between pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines, and between Th1 and Th2 cytokines in depressed patients: the effect of electroacupuncture or fluoxetine treatment. 30 Aug 2009
• No decision is without risk. 30 Aug 2009
• Psychotherapeutic treatment options for perinatal depression: emphasis on maternal-infant dyadic outcomes. 30 Aug 2009
• Adding psychotherapy to pharmacotherapy in the treatment of depressive disorders in adults: a meta-analysis. 30 Aug 2009
• The Treatment for Adolescents With Depression Study (TADS): outcomes over 1 year of naturalistic follow-up. 30 Aug 2009
• Clinical messages from the Treatment for Adolescents With Depression Study (TADS). 30 Aug 2009
• Impact of multifamily psychoeducational psychotherapy in treating children aged 8 to 12 years with mood disorders. 30 Aug 2009
• TPH2 polymorphisms may modify clinical picture in treatment-resistant depression. 9 Aug 2009
• As good as it gets. 30 Jul 2009
• [Battlefield Blues: Ambivalence about treatment among military Veterans with depression.] 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Depressive Disorder, Major'

Definition: Marked depression appearing in the involution period and characterized by hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, and agitation.

Descriptor UI: D003865

Alternative terms: Depressive Disorder, Major; Depressive Disorders, Major; Disorder, Major Depressive; Disorders, Major Depressive; Major Depressive Disorders; Major Depressive Disorder; Paraphrenia, Involutional; Involutional Paraphrenia; Paraphrenias, Involutional; Depression, Involutional; Involutional Depression; Melancholia, Involutional; Involutional Melancholia; Psychosis, Involutional; Involutional Psychoses; Involutional Psychosis; Psychoses, Involutional;

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: F03.600.300.375;

Online Note: use DEPRESSION, INVOLUTIONAL to search PSYCHOSES, INVOLUTIONAL & MELANCHOLIA, INVOLUTIONAL 1966-80

History Note: 81; was PSYCHOSES, INVOLUTIONAL 1963-80; MELANCHOLIA, INVOLUTIONAL was see under PSYCHOSES, INVOLUTIONAL 1963-78