Populations with common physical diseases–such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer and
neurodegenerative disorders–experience substantially higher rates of major depressive …

There is a bidirectional relationship between depression and chronic medical disorders. The
adverse health risk behaviors and psychobiological changes associated with depression …

Depression is prevalent in patients with physical disorders, particularly in those with severe
disorders such as cancer, stroke, and acute coronary syndrome. Depression has an adverse …

BackgroundDespite the known heightened risk and burden of various somatic diseases in
people with depression, very little is known about physical health multimorbidity (ie two or …

Objective. To examine the relative and combined impact of depressive and chronic physical
conditions on functional status and health-care use in the general population. Method …

Depression and physical illness are intimately related. Depressed mood is thought to
contribute to the development and progression of some illnesses, while physical illness can …

Methods Articles for review were primarily identified by a Medline search emphasizing the
subject headings mental disorders or depression crossed with selected chronic diseases …

Objective: To summarize the breadth of data exploring the relationship between major
depressive disorder (MDD) and both the incidence and the disease course of a range of …

Depression's burden of disease goes beyond functioning and quality of life and extends to
somatic health. Results from longitudinal cohort studies converge in illustrating that major …

BACKGROUND: Prior research on the association between affective disorders and physical
conditions has been carried out in developed countries, usually in clinical populations, on a …