… (12, 13) studied prevalence in 153 medical patients. They used multiple rating scales and
compared depressed and non-depressed patients to investigate aetiological factors. Stewart …

… medical care clinics, occurring in approximately 6 to 10 percent of the clinic populations.
Despite this high prevalence rate, patients with depression often … Many patients with depression …

… a common symptom in our depressed medical patients, but Grinker did not find loss of
interest in oral satisfaction among his factors of depression in psychiatrically depressed patients, …

… Although primary care clinicians can provide effective therapy for more than 75 percent of
patients with depression, 41 we recommend psychiatric consultation for patients with a history …

… severity of depression among medical patients and … patients with medical illnesses who
often present somatic complaints is contrasted with its performance among non-medical patients, …

Depressive illness is usually treatable. It is common and results in marked disability, diminished
survival, and increased healthcare costs. As a result, it is essential that all doctors have …

… are efficacious in patients with comorbid depression and chronic medical illness will be …
complex interaction between depression and two of the most common medical disorders: …

… study were medical outpatients screened for the Depression … the initial step in caring for
depressed patients is recognizing the … by others that although depression is common in medical …

… why depressed and anxious patients have poorer medical care outcomes, we sought to
determine the extent to which anxiety and depression might … During the past 3 decades, patient …

… and country, depression is common in … Depression is particularly common in patients with
a medical illness; indeed, risk of depression is elevated several-fold in many of these patient …