Major depressive disorder

W Marx, BWJH Penninx, M Solmi… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is characterized by persistent depressed mood, loss of
interest or pleasure in previously enjoyable activities, recurrent thoughts of death, and …

World Health Organization's low‐intensity psychosocial interventions: a systematic review and meta‐analysis of the effects of Problem Management Plus and Step‐by …

SK Schäfer, LM Thomas, S Lindner, K Lieb - World Psychiatry, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Many societies have been recently exposed to humanitarian and health emergencies, which
have resulted in a large number of people experiencing significant distress and being at risk …

Cognitive behavior therapy vs. control conditions, other psychotherapies, pharmacotherapies and combined treatment for depression: A comprehensive meta …

P Cuijpers, C Miguel, M Harrer, CY Plessen… - World …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is by far the most examined type of psychological
treatment for depression and is recommended in most treatment guidelines. However, no …

[HTML][HTML] Frequency of depression, anxiety and stress among university students

S Asif, A Mudassar, TZ Shahzad, M Raouf… - Pakistan journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: The main objective of the present study was to explore the frequency of
Depression, anxiety and stress among university students in Sialkot, Pakistan. Method …

New insights from the last decade of research in psychiatric genetics: discoveries, challenges and clinical implications

OA Andreassen, GFL Hindley, O Frei… - World …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Psychiatric genetics has made substantial progress in the last decade, providing new
insights into the genetic etiology of psychiatric disorders, and paving the way for precision …

Air pollution and mental health: evidence from China

S Chen, P Oliva, P Zhang - AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2024 - pubs.aeaweb.org
We estimate the short-run effect of air pollution on mental illness. Using the China Family
Panel Studies covering 12,615 urban residents during 2014-2015, we find a significantly …

[HTML][HTML] Mobile sensing and support for people with depression: a pilot trial in the wild

F Wahle, T Kowatsch, E Fleisch, M Rufer… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2016 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Depression is a burdensome, recurring mental health disorder with high
prevalence. Even in developed countries, patients have to wait for several months to receive …

[HTML][HTML] The World Mental Health Report: transforming mental health for all

M Freeman - World Psychiatry, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
It has become clichéd to say that mental health is undervalued, that little is done to promote
mental health or prevent mental health conditions from occurring, that mental health services …

Transdiagnostic treatment of depression and anxiety: a meta-analysis

P Cuijpers, C Miguel, M Ciharova, D Ebert… - Psychological …, 2023 - cambridge.org
BackgroundIn the past 10 years an increasing number of randomised trials have examined
the effects of transdiagnostic treatments of patients with depression or anxiety. We …

The neurobiology of stress: Vulnerability, resilience, and major depression

H Akil, EJ Nestler - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Over the past few years, the perceived level of psychological stress has risen dramatically
across the globe due to a combination of events including the long-lasting Covid-19 …