Chronic Depression

Depression among Parents of Children with Chronic and Disabling Disease

Background: The parent’s awareness about chronic disabling disease in their children definitely distresses the parents. Children of such parents show behavior & cognitive disturbances with long term negative impact on the family. Objective: The present study was carried out to investigate the prevalence of depression in parents of disabled children. Methods: Following a cross-sectional study, 5...

depression in chronic combat reaction

this is a study of depressive features in 51 iranian combatants suffering from ptsd. dsm iii-r considers depressive symptoms as associated clinical features of this condition. dsm iii and dsm iii-r both accepted the strong evidence that ptsd is a form of anxiety and included it in the anxiety disorders category. it is true that many ptsd sufferers present with anxiety features similar to these ...

Linking chronic pain and depression.

BSERVATION IN clinical practice suggests a relationship between chronic pain and depression, but what is the evidence for a direct link between chronic pain and the development of depression? In an attempt to answer this question in biological, social and psychological terms, the author carried out a literature review. A search of MEDLINE and CINAHL, from 1990 up to and including 1999, was carr...

Depression in the Context of Chronic and Multiple Chronic Illnesses

The neuroendocrinology of depression and chronic stress.

This chapter will review basic and clinical studies of the social, genetic and developmental influences upon the reactivity of the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis and the relationship of these to depression. Significant advances have taken place in each of these areas and it is now possible to interlink many of these areas of work. In order to do so, this chapter will be organised int...