and Jin-Hui, W. (2008), DEPRESSION AND MEDICAL ILLNESS IN CHINESE NONAGENARIANS AND CENTENARIANS. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 56: 2359–2361. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02019.x Author Information Department of Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, China...
Before beingtreated for depression, it’s important that you receive a proper diagnosis. Since certain medical conditions — like thyroid issues, hormonal issues, or vitamin deficiencies — can have similar symptoms to depression, most experts recommend that you get a full medical workup before bein...
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It should not be forgotten that, in elderly patients, the prop- er management of depression also improves general medical health status. Non-pharmacologic Therapy Families of patients with demen- tia carry a heavy burden, and fragile relatives may develop psychiatric disorders, such as depression....
These approaches are valuable but don't work when a medical problem is the cause. Without correct treatment, the result is often low self-esteem, guilt feelings, hopelessness, and even pessimism toward treatment. As you would expect, mental issues affect not only the sufferer but family, ...
Depression is one of the most common comorbidities of many chronic medical diseases including cancer and cardiovascular, metabolic, inflammatory and neurological disorders. Indeed, the prevalence of depression in these patient groups is often substantially higher than in the general population, and depressi...
BackgroundDepression and anxiety are common in medical patients and are associated with diminished health status and increased health care utilization.
There is no one specific medical test that can tell if you have depression. Instead, doctors diagnose depression through a combination of lab tests to rule out other possible causes (such as hypothyroidism), depression screening tests, and by talking to you. ...
But when intense sadness -- including feeling helpless, hopeless, and worthless -- lasts for many days to weeks and keeps you from living your life, it may be something more than sadness. You could have clinical depression, a treatable medical condition. Is Depression Curable? There’s no ...
Medical Conditions Such as underactivethyroidor chronic pain). Per science, the relationship between these physical conditions and depression is bidirectional, so there’s a chicken-or-egg thing going on because they feed each other. In addition, certain medications used to treat condition, like sed...