Clinical features of depressive disorder in internal disease
- Author:
Binh Huu Tran
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
depression
- MeSH:
diagnosis;
Depressive Disorder
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
1999;232(1):8-14
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Studying clinical feature of 45 patients offered from depressive disorder on internal diseases, the author concluded as follows. 1/ The occurrence and development of disease are effected by psychological factor(the difficulty and conflict of life). The disease is commonly at age from 21-40 (8.,3%). 2/Clinical symptoms are variable including mental and physical disorders. However depressive features are not typical and it is masked by vegetative and physical symptoms. 3/ In patients with functional disorder, the depression is mild, atypical and it usually combined with anxiety obsession, hypochondria, cenestopathia. In patients with organic symptoms, depression is severe and accompanied by somatic symptom. 4/ Disease develop chronically with a lot of handicaps on health and economy for their family and the community.
