OBJECTIVE This study aimed to test the hypothesis that the loudness dependence of auditory evoked potentials (LDAEP) can be used to predict the presence of bipolarity in patients with major depressive episodes. METHODS A cohort of 61 patients who met the criteria for major depressive disorder (MDD) following diagnosis using Axis I of the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual...

Franklin's identity generalizes Euler's and states that the number of partitions n with j different parts divisible by r equals repeated at least times. In this article, we give a refinement when j=1. We prove j=1, r=2 for fixed perimeter, i.e., largest hook. also derive Beck-type perimeter: excess in all into odd perimeter M over distinct whose set even is singleton. provide analytic combinato...

BACKGROUND Suicidal ideation indicates risk for suicidal acts. How different definitions and measures for suicidal ideation influence its prevalence, correlates and predictive validity among bipolar disorder (BD) patients is unknown. METHODS Among the 191 BD patients in the Jorvi Bipolar Study (JoBS), suicidal ideation at baseline was measured using the Scale for Suicidal Ideation (SSI), Hami...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate excessive daytime sleepiness in patients with depressive disorder and to examine its association with the severity of depression and suicidal ideation. METHOD Seventy patients were interviewed and assessed by the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation (SSI). Descriptive analysis, Pearson correlations a...

To perform a systematic review of the utility of the Beck Depression Inventory for detecting depression in medical settings, this article focuses on the revised version of the scale (Beck Depression Inventory-II), which was reformulated according to the DSM-IV criteria for major depression. We examined relevant investigations with the Beck Depression Inventory-II for measuring depression in med...

background: diabetes mellitus has a strong association with the presence of depression. psychiatric morbidity and especially depression are believed to be important aspects of diabetes influencing upon treatment course and prognosis. to determine the prevalence of depression in adult diabetic populations and compare nondiabetic population, we performed the current study. methods : three hundred...