Depression Education As Primary Prevention

Continence Promotion, Education& Primary Prevention

Secondary Prevention of Depression in Primary Care

cause for concern in Western society. The commonest psychopathological symptoms are depressive ones. Likewise, depressive disorders are the third most common psychopathology, with a life prevalence of between 2% and 25%, both in the United States and in Spain (Ayuso-Mateos et al., 2001; Kaplan & Sadock, 1999). These problems produce an enormous strain on primary care centres and mental health c...

Parenting as Primary Prevention.

Social-emotionalandbehavioraldysfunctioncontributes substantially to adverse health outcomes such as obesity, asthma, and cardiovascular disease; poor quality of life; andexponentially increasinghealth care costs. Theseconditionsoftenhaveroots inchildhood,whenopportunities exist for primary and secondary prevention andearly intervention.However, theseopportunitiesare seldom realized for many re...

Primary stroke prevention and community education.

Michael Vecchione, DO  stroke Is the fourth leADIng cAuse of death in the United States. Stroke affects almost 800,000 people in the United States each year with two-thirds of events being a first occurrence. Approximately 135,000 people die from stroke each year. In 2007, four of every 10,000 people in Rhode Island died from stroke-related complications. According to the Heart Disease and Str...

Prevention and management of depression in primary care.

Depression is a common mental health condition in which severe and persistent symptoms can lead to suicidal ideation. Timely recognition of depression is essential to improve patients' mental health and quality of life. This article outlines strategies to manage depression in primary care. It is anticipated that after reading this article nurses will feel more confident in screening and treatin...