Affective disorder manifested by either a dysphoric mood or loss of interest or pleasure in usual activities.
1Background: Anxiety and depressive disorders are prevalent in adolescents and young adults.
2Objective: Data on the prevalence of depressive disorders in adolescents are scarce.
3Insomnia is a cardinal symptom for many psychiatric disorders, especially depressive disorders.
4Subjects who screened positive had a psychiatric interview to diagnose depressive disorders.
5Results: Loss constitutes a central role in the appearance of many depressive disorders.
6Patients: Twenty-six female and 19 male outpatients with depressive disorders, primarily unipolar depression.
7Subjects had an ICD-9-CM diagnosis of schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, or major depressive disorders.
8This study aimed to examine outpatient health services utilisation of depressive disorders in adolescents.
9However, patients with psychotic depressive disorders experienced more rehospitalizations than those with nonpsychotic ones.
10This paper highlights findings pertaining to depressive disorders (DD) from the NMHS.
11Methods: Patients with bipolar or depressive disorders (n=238) were included in this study.
12Conclusions: Of the primary care patients with depressive disorders, one-tenth attempted suicide in 5 years.
13There were no significant gender differences in the course of either bipolar or depressive disorders.
14The most common mood disorders are major depressive disorders and bipolar disorders (BD).
15The most common issues were anxiety and depressive disorders.
16These protective, neurotrophic and anti-inflammatory properties may be beneficial in the treatment of depressive disorders.