conclusions the current study showed that supporting pregnant mother moderates psychological problems such as stress, anxiety, and depression, and hence reduces preterm labor. results the final path model fit well (cfi = 0.96; rmsea = .064). the results showed that depression, anxiety, and stress (β = -0.18) directly, and stressful life events indirectly (β= -0.0396) had the most predict on ges...

BACKGROUND High levels of stress and depression are seen in both general practitioners (GPs) and hospital doctors, and this has implications for patient care. It is therefore important to discover the individual and organizational causes of elevated symptoms so they can be tackled. AIM To discover the relative importance of individual characteristics measured 10 years earlier compared with cu...

introduction: anxiety and depression are among major problems encountered by most patients after cardiac surgery. they can have serious consequences for patients’ quality of life, physical and psychological morbidity, and follow-up treatments. accordingly, the present study was conducted to determine the status of depression and the associated factors in coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) p...

Depression is one of the most common mental disorders worldwide. There are a number of depression subtypes, and there has been much debate about how to most accurately capture and organize the features and subtypes of major depression. We review the current state of categorizing unipolar major depression with psychotic features (psychotic major depression, PMD), including clinical, biological, ...

ôbjectives: the current study tested differences in depression, anxiety, and stress among ïranian wives with and without a history of spousal abuse. methods: the physically abused wives (n = 40) were among those who had been referred to a local forensic medical center. the control group (n = 40) comprised married women living in the same area of the city as the experimental group. the persian f...

objective: considering the effects of the level of social support and self-esteem as risk factors in the onset and continuation of depression, the purpose of the current study (in addition to studying the demographic items of depression) was to investigate the correlation between depression and level of social support and self-esteem in iranian university students studying non medical majors. m...

AIMS To determine whether current and postpartum maternal depression and low maternal intelligence are risk factors for malnutrition in children. METHODS In rural South India 72 children with malnutrition were identified from a central register; 72 controls were matched for age, gender, and residence. RESULTS Major depression in the postpartum period (OR 5.0, 95% CI 1.0 to 24.0), current ma...

Major depression is a common and treatable mental disorder; a study conducted during 2001-2002 estimated that 6.6% of the U.S. adult population had experienced a major depressive disorder during the preceding 12 months. Depressive disorders are more common among persons with chronic conditions (e.g., obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, asthma, arthritis, and cancer) and among those with ...

Bipolar depression is poorly understood and researched, yet it is has a huge impact on functioning in bipolar disorder. This review explores the current status of research regarding the phenomenology, natural history, neuropsychology, psychosocial predictors and cognitive style of bipolar depression. The current status of pharmacotherapy and psychological treatment of bipolar depression is also...