purpose. To estimate the prevalence rates of depression and anxiety in patients with wet
age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and the relationship with visual acuity and to …

The Royal College of Physicians, in association with the Faculty of Occupational Medicine,
published a report concerned with health risks to the healthcare professional. The context of …

Depressive symptoms not only impair quality of life in cancer patients but constitute an
independent risk factor for increased mortality. In order to accurately and efficiently identify …

Objective: There is a need for a valid measure of depression in the medically ill, and one that
is independent of medical illness characteristics. As yet, there is no such widely accepted …

Objective: There is a need for a brief, efficient depression screening measure for general
practice settings, particularly for identifying those who are at high risk of depression. We …

This chapter begins with some nosological and diagnostic dilemmas that occur when one
considers depression in the setting of medical illness (also called secondary depression) as …

Menschen mit psychischen Störungen haben ein erhöhtes Sterblichkeitsrisiko, das jedoch
nicht allein auf das erhöhte Suizidrisiko zurückzuführen ist. Die Exzessmortalität der …

Heart failure, a serious and prevalent chronic disease, places a large psychosocial burden
on patients and their families. The research presented in this dissertation focuses on the …

Background: Both neurophysiological effects and the clinical outcome of electroconvulsive
therapy (ECT) are dependent on stimulus dose and placement of the stimulus. The stimulus …

Many studies have focused on the relationship between psychosocial variables and
glycemic control or stages of change with glycemic control, but to date, none had looked at …