Unit Cost of Major Depressive Disorder in Psychiatric Ward, Siriraj Hospital
Objective: To study the unit cost of treatment of major depressive disorder patients who were admitted into the psychiatric ward in Siriraj Hospital in fiscal year 2001. Methods: This is a retrospective study from the view of care providers.
Suwit Charoensak +3 more
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Sparse whole-genome sequencing identifies two loci for major depressive disorder. [PDF]
Major depressive disorder (MDD), one of the most frequently encountered forms of mental illness and a leading cause of disability worldwide, poses a major challenge to genetic analysis.
CONVERGE consortium
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Hidden scars in depression? Implicit and explicit self-associations following recurrent depressive episodes [PDF]
To help explain the recurrent nature of major depressive disorder, we tested the hypothesis that depressive episodes and/or the duration of depressive symptoms may give rise to persistent dysfunctional implicit and/or more explicit self-associations ...
Bockting, Claudi LH +4 more
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Depressive disorders in caregivers of dementia patients: a systematic review. [PDF]
Although depressive symptomatology has been well studied in caregivers of patients with dementia, depressive disorders have been examined much less.
Anderson IM +12 more
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Executive functions in major depressive disorder
BackgroundIt is reported that executive functions are impaired in a variety of neuropsychiatric syndromes, including depressive disorders. Studies on executive functions in depressive disorders are inconclusive.
K. Dhawan, C.Y. Sudarshan, S. Begum
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The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for detection of major depressive disorder in primary care: consequences of current thresholds in a crosssectional study [PDF]
Background: There is a need for brief instruments to ascertain the diagnosis of major depressive disorder. In this study, we present the reliability, construct validity and accuracy of the PHQ-9 and PHQ-2 to detect major depressive disorder in primary ...
Geerlings, MI +6 more
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Background: Inflammatory cytokines are associated with the pathophysiology of major depressive disorder (MDD). Nevertheless, whether they are trait or state biomarkers remains unclear.
Christopher Rockson +3 more
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Major Depressive Disorder: A General Overview [PDF]
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) has become a serious mental health problem with a lifetime prevalence of 15% to 20%. MDD is associated with significant morbidity, mortality, disability, and negative influence on patient's daily life This article is an ...
Wang Tianqi
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Parvalbumin Promoter Methylation Altered in Major Depressive Disorder [PDF]
Aims: To determine the extent of DNA methylation of parvalbumin gene (PVALB) promoter in major depressive disorder (MDD) patients with and without suicide attempt in comparison with healthy controls.
Dalton, Caroline +5 more
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Neuroinflammatory Hypothesis in Major Depressive Disorder
Faced with stress and acute instances, brain cells trigger neuroinflammation and increase inflam-mation response and can cause cell damage, cell death and thereby functional insufficiencies, behavioral disorders and autonomic imbalances.
Gulfizar Sozeri-Varma
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