objective: mixed anxiety-depressive disorder (madd) is a condition in which patients have both anxiety and depressive symptoms but do not meet the diagnostic criteria for either an anxiety disorder or a mood disorder. the aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of imipramine and citalopram in the treatment of madd. methods: fifty one outpatients aged 18 to 55 who were diagnosed with madd ...

1. Kessing, L.V., Andersen, P.K., Mortensen, P.B. and Bolwig, T.G. (1998a) Recurrence in affective disorder I a case register study. Br. J. Psychiatry 172, 23-28. 2. Kessing, L.V. (1998c) Recurrence in affective disorder II effect of age and gender. Br. J. Psychiatry 172, 29-34. 3. Kessing, L.V., Andersen, P.K. and Mortensen, P.B. (1998b) Predictors of recurrence in affective disorder a case re...

Objective: The advance of research in child and adolescent psychiatry in Brazil heavily depends on the existence of instruments for the investigation of psychiatric syndromes adapted to Brazilian Portuguese. Methods: This article describes a careful process of translation of the Children’s Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes for the purpose of use in research in Brazil. The Children’s Interview...

background non-diagnosed depression might postpone the physical healing of patients and negatively affects prognosis. the rate of major depressive disorder among patients of general practitioners in the united states reaches 10 percent and among patients admitted to the inner wards reaches 15 percent. patients and methods a cross sectional study on physician of two hospitals was performed. a qu...

there is a definite correlation between cardiovascular diseases and depressive disorders. nevertheless, many aspects of this association have yet to be fully elucidated. up to half of coronary artery disease patients are liable to suffer from some depressive symptoms, with approximately 20% receiving a diagnosis of major depressive disorders. pharmacotherapy is a key factor in the management of...

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 ...