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Major depressive episodes and diet pills

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, 2002
A variety of medications used to assist with weight loss have been implicated in the precipitation or induction of depressive symptoms and disorders. This is true of a large number of phenylethylamine agents possessing psychostimulant properties, non-phenylethylamine psychostimulants (e.g., caffeine) and the serotonergic agent, fenfluramine.
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Successful treatment for major depressive episodes

Home Care Provider, 1998
The stigma of mental illness is powerful. Clients are afraid of being discriminated against if they admit they are depressed. Fifty percent of U.S. adults believe people with depression are simply lazy despite evidence that depression has biologic causes and is a treatable mental illness.
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First-Episode Major Depression

Archives of General Psychiatry, 1997
There is a sex difference in the prevalence of unipolar major depression. This study sought to determine whether there is a sex difference in its course.The National Institute of Mental Health Collaborative Program on the Psychobiology of Depression-Clinical Studies provided data on 96 male and 101 female subjects who were diagnosed as having a first ...
H B, Simpson, J C, Nee, J, Endicott
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Intima-media thickness and age of first depressive episode

Biological Psychology, 2009
Late life depression, including patients with vascular depression, has been associated with higher levels of intima-media thickness (IMT). Although individuals with vascular depression tend to report a later onset of depression, the relationship of IMT ...
Patrick J Smith, James A Blumenthal, Michael A Babyak   +2 more
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Recovery from a recurrent major depressive episode

Depression and Anxiety, 2000
Episode-related factors and antidepressant treatment adequacy may be important determinants of recovery from a major depressive episode (MDE). We compared recovered and nonrecovered patients on baseline sociodemographic, clinical and episode-related measurements.
H M, Kravitz, R W, Bloom, J, Fawcett
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Depressive Episode/ Episode einer Major Depression

2009
Charakteristisch fur eine depressive Episode bzw. eine Major Depression ist eine zumindest zweiwochige Periode von depressiver Stimmung oder Interessensverlust bzw. Verlust von Freude an fast allen Aktivitaten, die bis zum Beginn der Episode gerne ausgeubt wurden. Zusatzlich sollen einige Symptome wie Veranderung des Korpergewichts bzw.
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Diagnosis and Treatment of a Major Depressive Episode

The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 2009
A thorough evaluation should be conducted before diagnosing and treating major depressive disorder. Research suggests that augmentation of antidepressant pharmacotherapy from the start of treatment may be more efficacious than antidepressant monotherapy.
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Asthma and Major Depressive Episode in Adolescents in France

Journal of Asthma, 2011
The association between asthma and anxiety disorders in teenagers is well documented, but data about the association with mood disorders are scarce.We analyzed data from a cross-sectional study conducted among ninth grade schoolchildren in France in 2003-2004.
Marie-Christine, Delmas, Nathalie, Guignon, Christine Chan, Chee, Claire, Fuhrman, Jean-Baptiste, Herbet, Lucie, Gonzalez   +5 more
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Assessment of psychological pain in major depressive episodes

Journal of Psychiatric Research, 2011
Severe psychological or mental pain is defined as an experience of unbearable torment which can be associated with a psychiatric illness (e.g., major depressive disorder) or a tragic loss such as the death of a child. A brief self-rating scale (Mee-Bunney Psychological Pain Assessment Scale [MBPPAS]) was developed to assess the intensity of ...
Steven, Mee, Blynn G, Bunney, William E, Bunney, William, Hetrick, Steven G, Potkin, Christopher, Reist   +5 more
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Treatment of consecutive episodes of major depression in the elderly

American Journal of Psychiatry, 1994
The purpose of this study was to determine treatment outcome in elderly patients with consecutively treated episodes of recurrent unipolar major depression.Subjects were 32 "young" elderly patients with recurrent unipolar depression (mean age = 66.8 years, SD = 5.1) and with two consecutively treated episodes of major depression.
C F, Reynolds, E, Frank, J M, Perel, M D, Miller, C, Cornes, A H, Rifai, B G, Pollock, S, Mazumdar, C J, George, P R, Houck   +9 more
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