Impact of psychiatric disorders on health-related quality of life: general population survey
Samuli I. Saarni,Jaana Suvisaari,Harri Sintonen,Sami Pirkola,Seppo Koskinen,Arpo Aromaa,Jouko Lönnqvist +6 more
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Dysthymia, generalised anxiety disorder and social phobia were associated with the largest loss of HRQoL on the individual level before and after adjusting for somatic and psychiatric comorbidity.Citations
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Social anxiety disorder.
TL;DR: A range of effective cognitive behavioural and pharmacological treatments for children and adults now exists; the challenges lie in optimum integration and dissemination of these treatments, and learning how to help the 30-40% of patients for whom treatment does not work as discussed by the authors.
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The association of depression and anxiety with obesity and unhealthy behaviors among community-dwelling US adults.
Tara W. Strine,Ali H. Mokdad,Shanta R. Dube,Lina S. Balluz,Olinda Gonzalez,Joyce T. Berry,Ronald W. Manderscheid,Kurt Kroenke +7 more
TL;DR: The associations between depression, anxiety, obesity and unhealthy behaviors among US adults suggest the need for a multidimensional and integrative approach to health care.
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Preventing the Onset of Depressive Disorders: A Meta-Analytic Review of Psychological Interventions
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Interpersonal psychotherapy for depression: a meta-analysis.
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Posttraumatic stress symptoms and health-related quality of life: A two year follow up study of injury treated at the emergency department
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TL;DR: PTSD symptoms may raise a major barrier for full recovery of injury patients of even minor levels of severity, and remain strongly associated with adverse HRQoL after adjusting for potential confounders.
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