BACKGROUND Depression is widely recognized as a risk factor in patients with coronary heart disease. However, patients with heart failure (HF) have been less frequently studied, and the effect of depression on prognosis, independent of disease severity, is uncertain. METHODS Two hundred four outpatients having a diagnosis of HF, with a ventricular ejection fraction of 40% or less, underwent b...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to find clinical characteristics that can identify elderly patients with depression at risk for suicidal ideation and to determine their prognosis. METHOD Suicidal ideation, past suicidal behavior, severity of depression, cognitive impairment, medical burden, disability, and social support were studied in 354 patients with depression aged 61 to 93 years. T...

OBJECTIVE An anxiety disorder severely affects the sufferer's quality of life (QOL), and this may be particularly true of those with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). This study examines the differential impact of obsessions, compulsions, and depression comorbidity on the QOL of individuals with OCD. METHOD Forty-three individuals diagnosed with OCD according to DSM-IV criteria and experie...

The aim of our study was to investigate the prevalence and severity depression in patients with consequences ischemic strokes chronic brain ischemia. Material Methods. We examined 100 17 cerebral Hamilton Depression Rating Scale used assess presence degree depression. Conclusions. Slightly less than half ischemia (47.1%) had no depression, 42.1% mild only 11.8% moderate severe A different situa...