BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Previous studies have shown a large variation concerning the frequency of poststroke depression. This variation is caused by differences in patient populations, psychiatric assessment methods, and diagnostic criteria. In this study, we evaluated the frequency and clinical correlates of poststroke depression in a large well-defined stroke cohort. METHODS We studied a con...

OBJECTIVE Evaluate the accuracy of diagnosis of major depression in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) using the UPDRS, the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS15) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). METHOD 50 consecutive patients with PD were evaluated. The diagnosis of major depression was made according to the DSM-IV criteria. RESULTS We found a 24% prevalence of major depres...

In a two stage study of depression, 200 patients attending primary care were randomly investigated. All patients were screened using Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) (Beck & Beamesderfer, 1974) and were interviewed using Clinical Interview for Depression (CID) (Paykel, 1985). Sixty (30%) patients crossed BDI threshold for moderate or severe depression. On CID, forty two (21%) had depression. Bei...

AIM The optimal strategy to prevent post-stroke depression is an important but still-unresolved issue. This study examined the differences in functional recovery among post-stroke depressed patients (DP) compared to post-stroke non-depressed patients (NDP) over the course of six months after stroke. METHODS On the basis of a semistructured psychiatric examination, DSM-IV diagnostic criteria a...

background: previous studies have demonstrated that clinical features of 16tpolycystic ovary syndrome16t (pcos) are associated with a lower degree of health, self, and sex satisfaction. objective: our study aimed to investigate possible associations between depression and different clinicobiochemical markers of pcos. materials and methods: in a cross-sectional analytic study, 120 pcos women age...

### What you need to know Depression is usually identified when patients report symptoms or clinicians recognise them through routine assessment of patient wellbeing. Screening can potentially increase rates depression recognition. Depression screening involves administering a symptom questionnaire all not known suspected having depression. It intended identify symptomatic people who may other...

OBJECTIVE We sought to analyze the prevalence and incremental burden of depression among elderly with prostate cancer. METHODS We adopted a retrospective cohort design using the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results-Medicare linked database between 1995 and 2003. Patients with prostate cancer diagnosed between 1995 and 1998 were identified and followed retrospectively for 1 year pre-diag...

Hashimoto’s thyroiditis can lead to depression, anxiety disorder, and sleep problems. However, this autoimmune disease has been reported be less related psychotic depression. The case applied our outpatient clinic with introversion, anhedonia, guilt thoughts. patient was admitted a preliminary diagnosis of TSH value found high in the patient’s hormone analysis. Afterward, treatment started acco...