BACKGROUND Depression and anxiety are highly prevalent in patients with chronic disease, but remain undertreated despite significant negative consequences on patient health. A number of clinical groups have developed recommendations for depression screening practices in the chronic disease population. OBJECTIVES The objective of this analysis was to review empirical qualitative research on th...

UNLABELLED Reports an error in "Are we overestimating the prevalence of depression in chronic illness using questionnaires? Meta-analytic evidence in obstructive sleep apnoea" by Shenooka Nanthakumar, Romola S. Bucks and Timothy C. Skinner (Health Psychology, 2016[May], Vol 35[5], 423-432). In the article, “Cognitive items” should read “Cognition items” in column 1, line 7 of Table 2. (The foll...

BACKGROUND Depression necessitating assistance from health professionals has a lifetime prevalence of 10%. Chronic disease increases comorbidity with mood and/or anxiety disorders. Patients with chronic pulmonary disease present with severely impaired functionality, chronic somatic and psychogenic pain, require frequent hospitalizations and have a dependency upon medical and nursing personnel. ...

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...

nonpsychiatric hospitalized patients are frequently exposed to psychiatric disorders, such as anxiety and depression, which significantly infuence the patient's subsequent admission days and the rate of recovery. the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of anxiety and depression among hospitalised patients in mashhad hospitals and to compare the level of anxiety in patients adm...

INTRODUCTION Depression and chronic disease have implications for women's overall health and future pregnancies. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence and predictors of diabetes and chronic disease risk factors among reproductive-age women with depression. METHODS We used population-based data from the 2006, 2008, and 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to exa...

context the aim of this review was to address the recent data regarding the role of il-17a in the pathogenesis of depression and its complications, such as cancer. evidence acquisition this review article summarizes the recent data on the role of il-17a in depression, using the pubmed and google scholar databases. results it has been documented that depression may alter the immune response via ...