Pharmaceutical companies have been known to pose stress and mental harassment on medical sales representatives (MSRs) in-order to increase pharmaceutical sales. This cross sectional descriptive study, conducted during November and December 2014 in the Lahore and Bahawalpur districts of Punjab, Pakistan, evaluates the Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and extent of depression among MSRs in ...

We examined the relationship between neighborhood structural characteristics and mental disorder using data from the National Institute of Mental Health's Epidemiological Catchment (ECA) surveys (n = 11,686). After controlling for individual-level characteristics, we found that neighborhood disadvantage was associated with higher rates of major depression and substance abuse disorder, and that ...

Depression is a common mental health condition in which severe and persistent symptoms can lead to suicidal ideation. Timely recognition of depression is essential to improve patients' mental health and quality of life. This article outlines strategies to manage depression in primary care. It is anticipated that after reading this article nurses will feel more confident in screening and treatin...

BACKGROUND We used population-based data to determine the public's views of prenatal and postnatal mental health and to identify predictors of those views. METHODS A computer-assisted telephone survey was conducted by the Population Health Laboratory (University of Alberta) with a random sample of participants from the province of Alberta, Canada. Respondents were eligible to participate if t...

BACKGROUND The main objective is to present health state utility estimates for a broad range of mental health conditions including anxiety, depression, long-term depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, phobia, panic disorder, psychosis, alcohol and drug dependency that can be used in economic models. METHODS This study uses pooled data from the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys carried o...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether mental illness is associated with accessibility and remoteness. DESIGN A cross-sectional, population-based, computer-assisted telephone interview survey, stratified by Accessibility and Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA) categories. SETTING Secondary analysis of data collected from 2545 South Australian adults in October and November 2000. OUTCOME MEASURES...

This second article in a two-part series on mental health and long-term conditions discusses the complex area of comorbid physical health and mental health problems. It focuses on depression--one of the most common mental illnesses--examining its prevalence and symptoms in people with long-term conditions, and how it can affect the ability to self-manage them. It also examines how nurses can su...