Background In patients with heart failure (HF), depression and anxiety disorders are
common and associated with adverse outcomes such as reduced adherence to treatment …

Key Clinical Points Depression in the Primary Care Setting Screening for depression and
suicidal thinking and behavior is important in the primary care setting. Distinguishing …

This article concerns the community and clinical epidemiology of borderline personality
disorder (BPD)—its prevalence and characteristics in different community and treatment …

Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent mental disorders, but the subcategory of
specific phobias has not been well studied. Phobias involve both fear and avoidance. For …

Importance Understanding the epidemiologic profile of the life course of mental disorders is
fundamental for research and planning for health care. Although previous studies have used …

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a debilitating disease that is characterized by
depressed mood, diminished interests, impaired cognitive function and vegetative …

The response styles theory was proposed to explain the insidious relationship between
rumination and depression. We review the aspects of the response styles theory that have …

Depression is one of the leading causes of disease worldwide. Historically conceived as
either a disease of the mind or of the brain, treatment options followed this aetiology. Current …

From early adolescence through adulthood, women are twice as likely as men to experience
depression. Many different explanations for this gender difference in depression have been …

Depression has become the single most commonly treated mental disorder, amid claims that
one out of ten Americans suffer from this disorder every year and 25% succumb at some …