Depressive Disorder, Major
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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...

Bipolar II postpartum depression: Detection, diagnosis, and treatment.

30 Oct 2009 Research on postpartum mood disorders has focused primarily on major depressive disorder, bipolar I disorder, and puerperal psychosis and has largely ignored or neglected bipolar II disorder. Hypomanic symptoms are common after delivery but ... Read more...

Omega-3 augmentation of sertraline in treatment of depression in patients with coronary heart disease: a randomized controlled trial.

19 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: Studies of depressed psychiatric patients have shown that antidepressant efficacy can be increased by augmentation with omega-3 fatty acids. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether omega-3 improves the response to sertraline in patients with major ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Depressive Disorder, Major'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Gene-environment interactions and depression. 2 Nov 2009
• Gene-environment interactions and depression. 2 Nov 2009
• Gene-environment interactions and depression. 2 Nov 2009
• Gene-environment interactions and depression. 2 Nov 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
• Bipolar II postpartum depression: Detection, diagnosis, and treatment. 30 Oct 2009
• Making the best use of available evidence: the case of new generation antidepressants: a response to: are all antidepressants equal? 30 Oct 2009
• Are all antidepressants equal? 30 Oct 2009
• Omega-3 augmentation of sertraline in treatment of depression in patients with coronary heart disease: a randomized controlled trial. 19 Oct 2009
• Screening for emotional distress in cancer patients: a systematic review of assessment instruments. 11 Oct 2009
• Major depression and coronary flow reserve detected by positron emission tomography. 10 Oct 2009
• Anxiety and outcome in bipolar disorder. 29 Sep 2009
• Defense mechanisms and Major Depressive Disorder in African American women. 29 Sep 2009
• Influence of personality on objective and subjective social support among patients with major depressive disorder: a prospective study. 29 Sep 2009
• Distinct striatal targets in treating obsessive-compulsive disorder and major depression. 29 Sep 2009
• Antidepressant use and preterm birth. 29 Sep 2009
• Pharmacotherapy for depressed pregnant women: overcoming obstacles to gathering essential data. 29 Sep 2009
• Genome-wide linkage and follow-up association study of postpartum mood symptoms. 13 Sep 2009
• Familial aggregation of suicide explained by cluster B traits: a three-group family study of suicide controlling for major depressive disorder. 13 Sep 2009
• [Mood disorders in patients with chronic kidney disease. Diagnosis, screening and treatment of depression] 11 Sep 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