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Health Encyclopedia: Depression Diagnosis, Screening Tests
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Diagnosis
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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Expert & Community Posts
The Dutch study on therapy
By Christopher Lukas , Health Expert...not only depressed because of grief, but subject to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder? (For... Read more »
Ashamed to be Depressed
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert...process both in depression and in disorders, such as post traumatic stress disorder, where shame... Read more »
Recovery from Depression: Part 2
By Deborah Gray , Health Expert...depression seems to lift when I'm exercising regularly. Stress Reduction I've found that... Read more »
Roadblocks to Effective Psychotherapy Treatment
By Deborah Gray , Health ExpertAs I've mentioned before, I am a big fan of psychotherapy. Although medication has had a greater... Read more »
Mental Health and MS: Depression Treatments
By Lisa Emrich , Health Expert...symptoms and depression causes. Now let’s talk about treatments for depression in multiple... Read more »
Health Guide
Depression Medications, Antidepressants, Suicide Risk
...adults.Candidates for MAOIs. MAOIs may be effective for the following conditions:Atypical depressionEating disordersPost-traumatic stress disorderBorderline personalitySide Effects. MAOIs commonly... Read more »Depression Treatment
...clotting, changes in heart rate, and impaired blood flow to the heart (particularly in response to mental stress). A 2001 study, for example, reported an association between depression and a... Read more »Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Risk Factors
...to one-fifth of all Americans at some point in their lives, and most depressed people feel fatigued.StressThere is some evidence that stress may be a trigger for CFS in people genetically at-risk... Read more »Stress: Complications
...hippocampus, the brains memory center. For example, two studies reported that groups who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (Vietnam veterans and women who suffered from sexual abuse)... Read more »Anxiety Disorders: Introduction
...low-gradePanic disorder, which has more dramatic symptomsPhobiasObsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)Separation anxiety disorder (which is almost always seen in... Read more »
Related News
Soldiers Turn to Alcohol After Combat
August 18, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Military personnel returning from the Iraq War are struggling with more than post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). According... Read summary »
Trauma Associated with Chronic Fatigue
January 08, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Chronic fatigue syndrome affects as many as 2.5 percent of adults in the United States. Little is known about the cause, but... Read summary »
Asthma Linked to PTSD
May 16, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- There may be a link between asthma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A new study from Columbia University looked at... Read summary »
Brain Area Blamed for Stress Disorders
December 12, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Scientists have revealed an abnormality in the brain that may be at fault for stress-related psychiatric disorders. It lies in... Read summary »
PTSD and Metabolic Syndrome in Veterans
January 22, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are more likely to have Metabolic Syndrome than veterans without PTSD.... Read summary »
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