INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Endocrine disorders often cause or co-occur with depression. Thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal disease, as well as diabetes and abnormalities in the hypothalamic–pituitary–thyroid (HPT) and hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA)…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Psychiatry has enjoyed a particularly interesting relationship with the gastrointestinal (GI) illnesses since the brain–gut relationship was considered one of the core examples of how psychological…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen One in five patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) will experience at least one major depressive episode, which is likely to be detrimental to the course…
EPIDEMIOLOGY Print Section Listen Diseases of the lung are diverse in pathophysiology, course, and treatment, creating several challenges for the assessment and treatment of comorbid depression. The anxiety associated with…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Depression and infectious diseases are linked in multiple ways. Depression contributes to initial infection in several diseases; for example depression predisposes to both hepatitis C (HCV)…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Depression is a highly prevalent and disabling mental illness characterized primarily by abnormalities of mood, cognition and behavior. Individuals with major depression frequently experience anhedonia, depressed…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Depression is frequently encountered in the context of many cardiovascular diseases. The epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and course of the depression vary in each of these…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Depression is the most highly prevalent neuropsychiatric syndrome across all neurologic illnesses (Fig. 5-1). The relationship between depression and neurologic illness is complex in several aspects,…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Depression is more common in women than in men during the reproductive years, particularly in association with reproductive transitions and several common gynecological conditions. In the…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Like most medical complaints, a depressed mood in and of itself represents a symptom, and not a diagnosis. Indeed, depression is a relatively nonspecific complaint, that…
