OBJECTIVES To compare the efficacy and tolerability of Hypericum perforatum (St John's wort extract) with imipramine in patients with mild to moderate depression. DESIGN Randomised, multicentre, double blind, parallel group trial. SETTING 40 outpatient clinics in Germany. PARTICIPANTS 324 outpatients with mild to moderate depression. INTERVENTION 75 mg imipramine twice daily or 250 mg h...

1 Department of Oncology, Faculty of Health Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada 2 Translational Oncogenomics Unit, Regina Elena Italian National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy 3 – The Statistics for Integrative Genomics and Methods Advancement Laboratory, Population Genomics Program, Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, ...

 Background: Frozen shoulder is resulting in limb disability and reduction of quality of life but the factors associated with patients’ disability and quality of life is not clear. To assess pain, disability, the quality of life and factors associated with them in patients suffering from frozen shoulder.  Methods: We enrolled 120 patients (37 men and 83 women) with phase-II idiopathic frozen sh...

objective : the present study is investigating the attribution style in patients with the anxiety and depression comorbidity. method: subjects are 26 patients with major depression, 25 patients with generalized anxiety disorder, 17 patients with comorbidity of anxiety and depression, and 30 normal individuals. the aparatus used in the study for data collecting were beck depression inventory, be...

BACKGROUND Many herbs have been used to treat psychiatric disorders including anxiety and depression in traditional medicine. OBJECTIVES This study was carried out to determine the effect of using Lavandula angustifilia infusion on depression in patients taking Citalopram. PATIENTS AND METHODS Among all patients referred to the Hajar Hospital psychiatric clinic, Shahrekord, Iran, 80 patient...