OBJECTIVE To compare the psychometric properties of the Calgary Depression Rating Scale (CDRS) and the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) for severity assessment of depression in acute schizophrenia. METHOD During clinical routine treatment, we investigated 119 inpatients with acute schizophrenia, using the CDRS, the HDRS, and a global 4-point Depression Severity Scale (DEP-SEV). We comp...

Objective To assess how initial severity of depression affects the benefit derived from low intensity interventions for depression. Design Meta-analysis of individual patient data from 16 datasets comparing low intensity interventions with usual care. Setting Primary care and community settings. Participants 2470 patients with depression. Interventions Low intensity interventions for depression...

BACKGROUND There is a need for a simple depression questionnaire also capable of assessing the severity of depression. The Depression Scale (DEPS), has been a very popular self-rating depression questionnaire in Finland for >15 years. OBJECTIVE Our aim was to examine whether the DEPS has the ability to differentiate clearly defined levels of depression in primary care patients. METHODS Prim...

abstract background: personality disorders have essential roles in developing and maintaining depressive episodes, though psychotherapies must approach both symptoms and personality problems. this study examined the efficacy of brief object relations psychotherapy on depression severity and perceived quality of life of women suffer from major depressive disorder comorbid with cluster c personal...

aim and background: alexithymia or emotional inhibition is an important risk factor for psychosomatic disorders such as gastrointestinal disorders. the aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between the dimensions of alexithymia with depression and anxiety in patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders (fgid). methods and materials: in a descriptive-correlation study, 129 pat...

introduction: the relationship between depression and coronary artery disease is well established; however assessment of this relationship using functional and semi-quantitative imaging (myocardial perfusion scintigraphy) was lacking. the aim of this study was to assess the relationship between the severity of depression and the severity of myocardial perfusion abnormality. methods: patients we...

introduction: parkinson’s disease is one of the most disabling diseases which by electrode implantation and stimulation of subthalamic nucleus (stn), much progress has been made in the treatment of drug resistant patient. this new method of neurosurgery may have some neuropsychological side effects on the patients. the main aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of this kind of treatment ...