Depression
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No Link Found Between Hippocampal Volume and Depression
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CAMS Study: Suicidal Inpatients Benefit from Clinician Empathy, Focus on Suicide Drivers
Major Finding: Twenty-one psychiatric inpatients reported an initial mean Beck Depression Inventory–II score of 38.8, indicating severe depression...
Cases That Test Your Skills
Depression or delirium?
Confused and depressed, Mr. L, age 85, is admitted after threatening his wife. He has several medical conditions and receives multiple medications...
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Gynecologic Cancer Symptoms May Be More Severe in Women With Psychiatric Histories
Major Finding: In a broad sampling of women with gynecologic cancer both on and off treatment, 32% reported clinically significant pain; 32%,...
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Depression in Elders With Schizophrenia May Moderate
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Depression Common Among Obese Seniors
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Post-Stroke Depression Treatment Improves Chances of Functional Recovery
Major Finding: Treatment for depression can enhance a patient’s ability to recover from a stroke or adapt to poststroke disability.Data Source:...
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Twin Study: Carotid IMT Thicker in Antidepressant Users
Major Finding: Antidepressant use was associated with an IMT increase of 37 microns, which represents about a 5% increase from the mean IMT value...
Cases That Test Your Skills
Diabetic and depressed
Tearful and depressed, Mr. N plans to shoot his daughter’s abusive husband and himself. He has poorly controlled diabetes and other comorbidities...
Evidence-Based Reviews
Depression and suicide among physicians
Stigma, licensing concerns, other barriers to treatment can be overcome
From the Editor
Polypharmacy subtypes: The necessary, the reasonable, the ridiculous, and the hazardous
The spectrum of polypharmacy ranges from the rational to the irrational