No abstract available.
Depressive Disorder*

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

Although hopelessness is a common mood in depressive disorders, the significance of hopelessness in depression has not been well appreciated. This paper reviewed the development and progress of the theory of hopelessness depression. Abramson et al. proposed hopelessness depression as a subtype of depression, distinguished by the specific explanatory style for stressful negative life events. The pathogenesis of hopelessness depression was explained by the trait-stress model, in which stressful negative life events activated a underlying trait, i.e. a specific depressogenic explanatory style. Although it is not well substantiated yet whether hopelessness depression is a meaningful subtype of depression or not, the theory of hopelessness depression is intriguing and stimulating not only in understanding the cognitive aspect of depression but also in maintaining positive emotion in general. Further study is in need to verify hopelessness depression as a clinically meaningful subtype of depression.
Depression* ; Depressive Disorder

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Depression* ; Depressive Disorder

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

A group of lonely elderly living in nursing house and another group living in community were studied with the data of a prospective analysis, with direct interviews and clinical examinations. Results showed different frequencies of various depressive and anxiety disorders. A range of psychosocial and familial factors causing up the development of these conditions was discussed
Depressive Disorder ; diagnosis ; Aged

A study on 2,717 persons in which 159 patients with depressive disorder was carried out. The results have shown that the morbidity rate of depression was 5.8% in which female (68%), male (32%), ages of 30 -39 (37.1%), 40-49 (24%). The common clinical symptoms were: sadness: 60%, loss of interesting: 62.8%, sleep disorder: 99.3%, taste disorder: 94.9%, difficulty of concentration: 80.5%, difficulty of thinking: 76.2%, anxiety for one’s body: 59%, weight loss: 55% and loss of working productivity in male: 86.2% and female: 87%.
Depressive Disorder ; diagnosis ; epidemiology

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.
diagnosis ; Depressive Disorder

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