Management of depression

Development of a Positive Psychology Intervention for Patients With Acute Cardiovascular Disease.

...  of a positive psychology intervention for patients with acute cardiovascular disease. Heart Int. 2011 Sep 29; 6(2): e14Huffman JC, Mastromauro CA, Boehm JK, Seabrook R, Fricchione GL, Denninger JW, Lyubomirsky S The management of depression and other negative psychological… Continue reading

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Depression and Its Theoretical Perspectives.

...  Also, the presence and severity of vasomotor symptoms and other health-related issues appear to modulate the risk for depression in midlife women. Mechanistically, estrogen plays an important modulatory role in mood and cognitive regulation, hence the effects noted when… Continue reading

Atypical Antipsychotic Augmentation Strategies in the Context of Guideline-Based Care for the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder.

...  classes, remain a key gap in the knowledge base for clinicians. We identified and reviewed the following guidelines to discuss the status of augmentation therapy with atypical antipsychotic agents in MDD: American Psychiatric Association practice guidelines for treatment of… Continue reading

Community-Partnered Cluster-Randomized Comparative Effectiveness Trial of Community Engagement and Planning or Resources for Services to Address Depression Disparities.

...  depression QI across diverse programs was more effective than resources for services for individual programs in improving mental HRQL, physical activity and homelessness risk factors, and shifted utilization away from hospitalizations and specialty medication visits toward primary care and… Continue reading

Safety and Acceptability of Practice-Nurse-Managed Care of Depression in Patients With Diabetes or Heart Disease in the Australian TrueBlue Study.

...  the primary healthcare setting.A mixed methods study involving clinical record audit, focus groups and nurse interviews as a companion study investigating the processes used in the TrueBlue randomised trial.Australian general practices involved in the TrueBlue trial.Five practice nurses and… Continue reading

Toxoplasmosis and Polygenic Disease Susceptibility Genes: Extensive Toxoplasma Gondii Host/Pathogen Interactome Enrichment in Nine Psychiatric or Neurological Disorders.

...  levels of stress and anxiety in patients with stress-related symptoms in primary health care. HubMed – depression   Effects of qigong on depression: a systemic review. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2013; 2013: 134737Oh B, Choi SM, Inamori A,… Continue reading

Depression, Healthcare Utilization, and Death in Heart Failure: A Community Study.

...  After adjustment, moderate-severe depression was associated with nearly a 2-fold increased risk of hospitalization (HR 1.79, 95% CI 1.30-2.47) and ED visits (HR 1.83, 95% CI 1.34-2.50), a modest increase in outpatient visits (RR 1.20, 95% CI 1.00-1.45), and… Continue reading

Dantrolene-Induced Inhibition of Skeletal L-Type Ca(2+) Current Requires RyR1 Expression.

...  CaV1.1 and RyR1. HubMed – depression   Contemporary concepts in the pharmacotherapy of depression in older people. Can Pharm J (Ott). 2012 May; 145(3): 128-135.e2Rojas-Fernandez C, Mikhail M Late-life depression is common in older people. Its incidence increases significantly… Continue reading

Acute Dystonia After Using Single Dose Duloxetine: Case Report.

...  is persistent in this population and is associated with numerous poor outcomes such as increased risk of hospitalization, injury-producing falls, and higher health care costs. Despite the need for mental health care in these patients, significant barriers unique to… Continue reading

Depression Treatment: Characteristics of Pain in Hospitalized Medical Patients, Surgical Patients, and Outpatients Attending a Pain Management Centre.

Characteristics of pain in hospitalized medical patients, surgical patients, and outpatients attending a pain management centre. Filed under: Depression Treatment Br J Anaesth. 2013 Feb 18; Rockett MP, Simpson G, Crossley R, Blowey S BACKGROUND: /st>The characteristics and psychological impact of pain suffered by medical inpatients has been relatively under-investigated. The aim of this study was to compare the pain experience of medical, surgical inpatients, and patients attending a pain management centre. Some aspects of the quality of pain scoring and prescribing were also audited. METHODS: /st>Medical inpatients with significant pain (moderate or severe pain on a verbal rating scale) were assessed using a battery of psychometric questionnaires. Comparator samples of surgical inpatients and patients attending the pain management centre were recruited. RESULTS: /st>The prevalence of significant pain did not differ between the medical group (n=37) and the surgical group (n=38) (16.7%  ...