Category: Depression in General Medicine

Unfortunately, most people suffering from depression are not aware that they are sick and, therefore, do not consider it necessary to seek medical help. In addition, many patients are convinced that it is impossible to

The question of the differential diagnosis of disorders of the depressive spectrum is quite complex. Here, the positions of researchers have been repeatedly revised both in connection with the change in ideas about depression, and

Of interest are instrumental methods for diagnosing depression. The use of computed tomography was limited due to the low resolution and artifacts created by the bones of the skull. In some studies, ventricular enlargement has

The clinical symptoms of postpartum depression lead to the idea that this condition is one of the variants of a “major depressive disorder,” especially since it can last for several months or even years. Postpartum

The group of psychogenic depression also includes depressive reactions in patients with neurological and somatic diseases caused by a number of psychological, social, personal, biological factors, including the objective features of a somatic disease. The

Quite often, symptoms of depression occur in diseases of the stomach and intestines. The frequency of depressions is highest with so-called. functional disorders of the stomach and intestines. So, with irritable bowel syndrome, the prevalence

With the combination of depression and cardiovascular diseases, the mortality rate increases. Depression is particularly severe in the case of coronary heart disease and, in particular, in case of myocardial infarction. According to foreign studies,

In recent years, the concept of depression as a condition occurring mainly in psychiatry has been revised. This problem becomes one of the central and general medical practice. In foreign and domestic literature, considerable attention

Depression is a relatively common occurrence in schizophrenia and is found in almost 60% of patients suffering from this disease. However, in the case of a bipolar course of depression, even if there are a

Of particular importance are depression in alcohol abusers. Alcohol depression is a fairly common mental disorder that occurs in alcohol abusers. At the same time, the assignment of alcoholic depression and dipsomania to meta-alcoholic psychosis