Depression like many diseases is pleiotropic but unlike cancer and Alzheimer's disease for
example, is still largely stigmatized and falls into the dark shadows of human illness. The …

BackgroundThe Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) is the most commonly used measure to
screen for depression in primary care but there is still lack of clarity about its accuracy and …

Depression is an accepted risk factor for dementia, but it is unclear if this relationship is
causal. This study investigated whether dementia associated with depression decreases …

Although medical and technological advances in maternity care have drastically reduced
maternal and infant mortality, these interventions have become commonplace if not routine …

Objective: To describe how use of antidepressants, benzodiazepines, and other
anxiolytic/sedative-hypnotics among older adults (age≥ 65 years) has changed over time …

Objective To determine the national prevalence of psychotropic use and association with
neuropsychiatric symptoms among patients with dementia. Methods Participants diagnosed …

Background The PHQ-2 is a screening test for major depressive disorder (MDD) derived
from PHQ-9, which has shown to be useful in the detection of cases of clinical significance in …

Two different and seemingly competing views on the diagnosis of major depressive disorder
(MDD) exist. The first is that the diagnosis conflates adaptive sadness reactions with …

Methods| This analysis used data from the 2004 through 2013 National Ambulatory Medical
Care Survey (NAMCS), an annual survey of office-based physicians. 2 We limited our …

Background Later-life depression appears to have different symptomatology and possibly
underlying pathology to younger adults. Depression is linked to dementia but whether it is a …