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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

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Depression* ; 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

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

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

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