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Most people who are depressed do not seek psychiatric help and must rely on their family doctor. Unfortunately, it is often difficult for a primary care doctor to recognize the problem if the patient does not bring it up directly.

Patients themselves may be unable to sense or admit their own depression. In one study, although 21% of patients who visited their family doctors were depressed, only 1% described their problem as depression.

Depression can also be confused with other medical il...

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Faking It

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...about 7,000 people in the study, 1,630 participants scored as pessimists and 923 participants... Read more »

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...scan that measures glucose, when combined with low scores on memory tests, is a strong predictor... Read more »

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NAMI 2007 Convention: An Interview with Suzanne Vogel-Scibilia

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Parkinson's Disease: Diagnosis

...their doctor.Tests for Depression and DementiaThe American Academy of Neurology (AAN) recommends the Beck Depression Inventory or the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale to screen for depression in... Read more »

Prostate Cancer: Staging and Grading

...follows:Jewett StageTNM StagesAT1BT2CT3, T4DN1, N2, N3, M1The Gleason Grading SystemTumors are assigned scores according to a scale known as the Gleason system, which measure how well or how... Read more »

Multiple Sclerosis: Complications

...called the Kurtzke Disability Status Scale to assess and predict future disability. The system uses a score of 1 to 10 to rate the degree of walking disability. Experts have used the scale to... Read more »

Tests for Enalrged Prosate

Diagnostic TestsInternational Prostate Symptoms ScoreAn indexing tool called the International Prostate Symptoms Score (IPSS) can help evaluate the key lower urinary tract symptoms. As opposed to... Read more »

Epilepsy: Surgery

...surgery. Nearly all the children showed improvement in cognitive development, and a few childrens IQ scores improved by 15 points.In general, surgical effects on mental functioning and behavior... Read more »

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