INTRODUCTION Depression is a well known health problem worldwide. Prevalence of depressive disorders varies in different societies. AIM to determine the prevalence of depressive disorders and some associated factors in Rasht City (Northern part of Iran). MATERIALS AND METHODS 4020 subjects were selected among 394925 residents of Rasht aged between 18-70 during 2003 - 2004. In the first phas...

This study investigated the ICD-9 diagnostic rates of depressive and anxiety disorders, including major depression, neurotic depression, adjustment disorder with depressed mood, depressive disorder NOS (not elsewhere classified), and anxiety states, among elderly Medicare beneficiaries (age ≥ 65) who received a colorectal cancer diagnosis between 1998 and 2002 in U.S. The Seer-Medicare data, re...

Pain and chronic somatic diseases often accompany depressive and anxiety disorders in the general population. Co-morbidity of physical and mental ill health often leads to a high burden at a personal level due to problems with treatment adherence, decreased treatment response, and social and occupational disability, and also to a huge societal burden due to loss in work days and high health car...

Background | Previous studies suggested that alcohol-use disorder severity, dened by the number of criteria met, provides a more informative phenotype than dichotomized DSM-IV diagnostic measures of alcohol use disorders. Therefore, this study examined whether alcohol-use disorder severity predicted rst-incident depressive disorders, an association that has never been found for the presence o...

AIM Depressive disorders and symptoms are common among middle-aged women. The effects of hormones on depression remain unclear. This review aims to clarify the nature of depressive disorders during the menopause transition as well as their links with climacteric syndrome, sexuality, cardiovascular risk and cognitive function. MATERIAL AND METHODS The recent literature on depressive disorders ...

aim and background: the family functioning  is a suitable anticipant scale for mental health therefore, the goal of the current study was to compare family functioning of  psychiatric disorders . methods and materials: this study was an analytical descriptive and cross-sectional study that performed on 150  inpatients with anxiety disorders , depressive disorders and bipolar disorders schizophr...