Mood Disorders - Complications
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Cross-national analysis of the associations among mental disorders and suicidal behavior: findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys.

9 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide. Mental disorders are among the strongest predictors of suicide; however, little is known about which disorders are uniquely predictive of suicidal behavior, the extent to which disorders ... Read more...

Risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome screening in mood disorder patients.

30 May 2009 AIMS: Previous studies have reported that the incidence of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) in patients with depression is higher than in the general population. We examined the risk factors to predict OSAS in mood disorder patients with ... Read more...

Neuropsychiatric symptoms predict change in quality of life of Alzheimer disease patients: a two-year follow-up study.

30 May 2009 AIM: To examine the effect of neuropsychiatric symptoms on longitudinal changes in the quality of life (QOL) of patients with Alzheimer disease (AD). METHODS: First, we investigated whether neuropsychiatric symptoms at baseline predict changes in ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Mood Disorders - Complications'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Cross-national analysis of the associations among mental disorders and suicidal behavior: findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. 9 Aug 2009
• Risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome screening in mood disorder patients. 30 May 2009
• Neuropsychiatric symptoms predict change in quality of life of Alzheimer disease patients: a two-year follow-up study. 30 May 2009
• [Emotional and affective disorders in epilepsy] 30 May 2009
• Association of posttraumatic stress disorder with increased prevalence of metabolic syndrome. 30 May 2009
• Crime victimization of persons with severe mental illness in Taiwan. 29 Apr 2009
• Mood is associated with snoring in preschool-aged children. 30 Mar 2009
• Behavioral, neurocognitive and treatment overlap between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and mood instability. 30 Mar 2009
• Socioeconomic gradient of functional limitations in individuals diagnosed with mood disorders. 27 Feb 2009
• Hippocampal volume and depression: insights from epilepsy surgery. 7 Feb 2009
• Proposed diagnostic criteria for apathy in Alzheimer's disease and other neuropsychiatric disorders. 5 Feb 2009
• Preeclampsia risk in relation to maternal mood and anxiety disorders diagnosed before or during early pregnancy. 3 Feb 2009
• Anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha therapy is associated with less frequent mood and anxiety disorders in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. 30 Jan 2009
• Patient characteristics associated with the use of antidepressants among people diagnosed with DSM-IV mood disorders: results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. 30 Jan 2009
• [A clinical psychopathological study of low back pain in affective disorder] 30 Dec 2008
• Parents of children with periodic limb movement disorder versus sleep-disordered breathing report greater daytime mood and behavior difficulties in their child: the importance of using ICSD-2nd Edition criteria to define a PLMD study group. 30 Dec 2008
• Gender, migraine and affective disorders in the course of the life cycle. 30 Dec 2008
• Antiepileptic drug-induced cognitive adverse effects: potential mechanisms and contributing factors. 30 Dec 2008
• Clinically significant symptom change in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: does it correspond with reliable improvement in functioning? 30 Dec 2008
• Characteristics of individuals with insomnia who seek treatment in a clinical setting versus those who volunteer for a randomized controlled trial. 30 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Mood Disorders'

Definition: Those disorders that have a disturbance in mood as their predominant feature.

Descriptor UI: D019964

Alternative terms: Mood Disorders; Disorder, Mood; Disorders, Mood; Mood Disorder; Affective Disorders; Affective Disorder; Disorder, Affective; Disorders, Affective;

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;

History Note: 98(81)

Technical Notes: human only; do not confuse with AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS: read MeSH definitions & follow text