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Although hopelessness is a common mood in depressive disorders, the significance of hopelessness in depression has not been well appreciated. This paper reviewed the development and progress of the theory...
Depression is a common psychiatric disorder, but accurate recognition of depression is somewhat difficult because of different symptom presentation by age. The consequence of not recognizing to depression is that...
Geriatric depression is a major public health problem. There has been significant progress in our understanding of the nature, clinical course, and treatment of geriatric depression. Important new findings have...
OBJECTIVES: Fatigue, anxiety and depression are common psychiatric symptoms in epilepsy patients. The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between fatigue and anxiety and depression in epilepsy...
It is known that the personality is the crucial factor in the treatment outcome of depression. The authors tried to identify the results of such studies and various components which...
Depression is the leading cause of disease-related disability among women. Postpartal depression (PPD) can produce substantial clinical, economic, and psychosocial impairment, not only for the women experiencing it but also...
Despite the availability of numerous options for the treatment of depression, treatment-resistant depression remains common. Several patient-related and treatment-related risk factors have been identified as increasing the likelihood of nonresponsiveness...
The 'vascular depression' hypothesis is supported by the high incidence of depression among patients with hypertension, diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease or stroke, and the association of geriatric depression with...
Diabetes and depression are serious chronic conditions. As a result of their increasing prevalence, diabetes and depression, together with population growth and aging, are public health issues. The rate of...
Depression is a relatively common agonizing psychiatric disorder that affects the way we feel and think about ourselves and the world around us. Cognitive theories of depression have long posited...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health problems of adolescence. A number of studies have identifiedan association between bullying and depression in adolescence. Prospective studies have suggested that...
PURPOSE: The study was designed to examine the relationship of perceived entrapment to anger and depression in adolescent women.
METHOD: Seven hundred sixty-five adolescent women were recruited from two high schools...
PURPOSE: This study was designed to examine the relationship between perceived entrapment to depression and subjective well-being of women as family caregivers caring for elderly dementia patients.
METHODS: One hundred and...
In this brief overview, the author addresses the elements of late-life depression from a biological standpoint. The etiology of late-life depression is undoubtedly multifactorial. Few studies of the neurochemistry and...
PURPOSE: This study was designed to explore the relationship of depression with stress, anxiety and mindfulness in nursing students in 2010.
METHODS: A cross-sectional design was used and data was collected...
PURPOSE: The purpose was to investigate the relations among job-stress, self-efficacy, and depression of nurses.
METHODS: The data were collected from a random sample of 213 nurses working in two general...
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has been increasingly used in the treatment of various neuropsychiatric disorders including depression over the past two decades. The responses to treatment with TMS are variable...
Depression is a frequently developed psychiatric symptom after stroke. Poststroke depression(PSD) causes not only psychological distress related to depression but also other disturbances in many areas such as cognitive function,...
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether subjective health and social support influence depression directly or indirectly through self-control of the physically disabled. METHOD: A five item...