background: this study was aimed to investigate the main and buffering effects of positive religious coping on the association between the number of chronic medical conditions and major depressive disorder (mdd) among african americans, caribbean blacks and non‑hispanic whites. methods: this cross‑sectional study used data from the national survey of american life, 2001 and 2003. this study enr...

Abstract Major depressive disorder (MDD) has been shown to be associated with structural abnormalities in a variety of spatially diverse brain regions. However, the correlation between changes MDD and gene expression is unclear. Here, we examine link brain-wide morphometric individuals MDD, using neuroimaging data from two independent cohorts publicly available transcriptomic dataset. Morphomet...

In this thesis, I outline the normative relevance of religious political parties as carriers of values in the context of contemporary political theory. The central argument of my thesis is that religious political parties are, in ideal terms, vital institutional tools for channelling religious claims into the public political realm of liberal democratic polities, in a way that favours democracy...

background: although the association between major depressive disorder (mdd) and low self-esteem is well established, we do not know if race and ethnicity modify the magnitude of this link. objectives: using a nationally representative sample of adults in the united states, we explored whether or not race alters the association between mdd and self-esteem. materials and methods: data came from ...

Background Early-onset major depressive disorder (EO-MDD), beginning during childhood and adolescence, is associated with more illness burden and a worse prognosis than adult-onset MDD (AO-MDD), but little is known about the neural features distinguishing these subgroup phenotypes. Functional abnormalities of the amygdala are central to major depressive disorder (MDD) neurobiology; therefore, w...

OBJECTIVE This study examined the comorbidity of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) with major depressive disorder (MDD) in a family study of OCD with pediatric probands. METHOD This study assessed the lifetime prevalence of MDD in 141 first-degree relatives (FDR) and 452 second-degree relatives (SDR) of pediatric probands with OCD and healthy controls, and identified variables associated wi...

Objective: The present study aims to investigate thought control strategies in Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), and the relationship of these metacognitive strategies with trait anxiety, as a construct of emotional vulnerability. Methods: 60 patients with diagnosis of GAD and MDD and 30 control subjects (nonpatients) were selected from the university stude...