Background: Depressive disorder is common in clinical practice of psychiatry and internal pathologies. Objectives: To clarify the clinical features of depressive disorder among internal patients to contribute in early detection and timely treatment for the patients. Subjects and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 50 patients collected from clinics of cardiology digestion, neurology, rheumatology and respiratory. Results: Depressive disorder was common in the pathology of cardiovascular (32%), gastrointestinal (28%) functions and some pathologies of neurological (16%), musculoskeletal joints (14%) functions. Common age was from 31-40 (54%). The disease tended to prolong for many years: 2-5 years (60%), 6 months-1 year (32%). The disease related to psychological factors in the family (54%), factors in society (30%), physical factors (10%). The symptoms were sleeping disorder (86%), anesthesia (75%), appetite loss (74%), pains (76%), sensitive disorders (64%), changes of blood pressure and pulse (38%), affective reduction (76%) and interest loss (64%). Conclusion: The disease onsets commonly at working age of 21 - 40 (78%) and relate to psychosocial distress. Clinical features are complex and predominate of vegetative and visceral disorders without physical disorders. \r\n', u'\r\n', u'\r\n', u'
Depressive Disorder

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Depressive Disorder

45 patients with diverse internal diseases at Bach Mai Hospital were studied. The disease was common (71,42%) at the effective age (20-40 years old age). The disease trended to progress continuously becoming chronic after 6 months to 1 year (31,74%), 2-5 years (58,53%), 6-10 years (9,25%). Pathological manifestations associated with sentimental status. Mental traumata were the factors of onset: 57,14% by family’ s conflicts, 28,57% by social conflicts,14,28% by physical related factors. Clinical features with mutiformal complexes were created, especially physical disorders, viscerial botanical nervous disorders without evidence of phyical lesions
Diagnosis ; Depressive Disorder ; Disease

The study aimed to determine clinical and epidemiological parameters of depressive disorders in 1 rural commune, 1 urban commune and some populations (remote regional students, minor ethnic boarders, single old people, burn sequelae sufferers and people with gastroduodenal ulcer). The results showed that the pilot incidence of depression is 8.35% out of 15 years of age population in a rural commune and 4.2% in an urban commune. The pilot incidence of major depression in population-based samples is 5-9% for female and 2-3% for male. In sample of remote regional students aged 20 - 28 years of old, the incidence is similar with that in general population. In sample of minor ethnic boarders aged 14 - 19 years of old, the incidence is 23.33%. The incidence is 57.14% in the single old people, 69.7% in the burn sequelae sufferers and 93.3% in the people with gastroduodenal ulcer. 100% of patients have need of care but has been never diagnosed and treated. Manifestations of severe depression, bipolar disorder and postpartum depression are rare. Symptoms of weakness and fatigue have higher rate than typical symptoms of depression
Depressive Disorder ; diagnosis ; epidemiology

The depressive disorder is common disease in the world. In Vietnam most of patients wanted to be cured but never were diagnosed and treated. They were impacted severely on their working. The manifestations of rare severe depression comprised intention of commit suicide, behaviour of commit suicide, bipolar disorder (0.27-0.29%) weak, tired were more frequent than typical depressive disorder.
Depressive Disorder ; diagnosis ; epidemiology

Studying clinical feature of 63 patients with some internal diseases who suffered depressive disorder. The occurrence and development of internal diseases were affected by psychological factors, such ad difficuties and conflic tin life. The disorder is more common at age from 20 - 40 (71.42%). Clinical symptoms are variety, including mental and physical disorders. However depressive features are not typical and masked by mental and physical symptoms. In patients with functional disorder, the depression is mild, atypical and it usually combine with anxiety (36.5%), obsession (7.93%), hypochondry (14.28%), cenestopathie (11.11%). Diseases developed chronically with a lot of handicap on health and economy for their family and the community.
Depressive Disorder, Psychology

Study the effect of treatment for the depressive disorder patients who were Hochiminh city inhabitants in mental consulting room, Mental Hospital. The patients were divided into two groups. The control group included 90 patients and intervention group included143 patients. The results showed that the remission rate reached from 70 to 80% in both groups if these patients take enough medicine. The proportion of patients take medicine over 8 weeks in the intervention group (32.2%) is higher than the control group (17.8%). The remission rate in the intervention group was 61.5%, comparison to 17.8% in the control group. During the period of recurrent prevention, if the patients take enough medicine, the recurrent rate change from 14-22% in both groups in which the proportion of patients take medicine over 4 months in the intervention group was 15.4%; that in the control group was 7.8%. The recurrent rate in the control group was 51.4% and in the intervention group was 31.7%. The treatment for the depressive disorder patients need two periods: treatment for depressive disorder stop (at least for 8 weeks) and treatment for recurrent prevention (at least for 4 months). The basic knowledge should be provided to the patients.
Depressive Disorder ; Therapeutics ; Education

A study on 191 people who suffer from depressive disorder in Ho Chi Minh city and there were 111 people among them who didn’t follow the treatment method, but 80 other people did. 32.4%, equivalent with the rate 40% of people who didn’t receive the treatment. For the treated group: the lessen rate: 0%, lower than 33.3% of people who receive drug fully and reduce totally rate: 19%- 34% fully taken drug according to Fava, 96.3% lessen completely. The recurrent rate of untreated group is 50%, and 4.5% for other group. In brief, follow the treatment schedule will reduce the recurrent rate and increase the rate of recovery.
Depressive Disorder ; Therapeutics ; Depression

Studying clinical feature and some risk factors of depressive disorders and depressive levels by the test Beck in 41 patients from war-veterans with different organic diseases, the authors made the following comments: clinical pictures of depressive disorders in these patients were very variable. Clinical symptoms usually presented with higher frequency in patients with more organic disease such as worries (65.85%), exhaustion after minimal effort (78.05%), diminished appetite (59.54%), insomnia (60.97%), lack or loss of sexual desire (87.8%)... Risk factors such as bad social customs made up 17.07% (alcoholism, superstitions, gambling...), consequences of war (29.27%), widowhood (14.63%)... weren't favorable psychosocial factors for depressive disorders in war-veterans with organic diseases. Mild and moderate depressive levels made up 60.97% and severe depressions were 7.32%.
Depressive Disorder ; diagnosis