objective : this study compared the effectiveness of two group treatments, behavioral activation (ba) and cognitive therapy (ct), in reducing subsyndromal anxiety and depressive symptoms in a sample of iranian university students. method : twenty-seven iranian university students who scored 18 or higher on the depression subscale and 16 or higher on the anxiety subscale of the depression, anxie...

BACKGROUND Late-life sub-threshold depressive symptoms (i.e. depressive symptoms that do not meet the criteria for a diagnosis of major depressive disorder) are associated with impaired physical health and function, and increased risk of major depressive disorder. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies examining late-life major depressive disorder find structural brain changes in grey and whi...

Background: Many studies have been carried out on the relationship between testosterone levels and depression in the elderly. Due to the different results of these studies and the importance of depression in old age, this study seems to be necessary. Methods: This cross- sectional study is a part of the Amirkola Health and Aging Project (AHAP) that involves people aged 60 and above living in A...

Background The prevalence of depressive affect is not well defined in the incident hemodialysis (HD) population. We investigated the prevalence of and associated risk factors and hospitalization rates for depressive affect in incident HD patients. Methods We performed a prospective investigation using the Patient Health Questionnaire 2 (PHQ2) depressive affect assessment. From January to July...

Parental support and parental depressive feelings are found to be associated with depressive feelings in adolescent boys and girls, but results are inconsistent. In addition, the 5-HTTLPR genotype has been found to interact with environmental stressors in predicting adolescents' depressive feelings, but this has not been examined longitudinally. Therefore, the present study examined the relatio...

Key components of cognitive lifestyle are educational attainment, occupational complexity and engagement in cognitively stimulating leisure activities. Each of these factors is associated with experiencing fewer depressive symptoms in later life, but no study to date has examined the relationship between overall cognitive lifestyle and depressive symptoms. This task is made more complex because...

Background: Infertile women suffering from more psychological distress than other people. Women with involuntary childlessness have higher depression scores than others. Psychological factors are predictor for successive treatment and fertility. Cognize needs to be taken of these factors for effective treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relative frequency of depressive disorder...