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The economic burden of depression
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These economic figures provide a lower-bound estimate of the full economic burden of major depression and further emphasize the need for timely recognition and treatment to potentially minimize the negative impact of the illness on society.About:
This article is published in General Hospital Psychiatry.The article was published on 1986-11-01. It has received 726 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Indirect costs & Poison control.read more
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World report on violence and health
TL;DR: Men and women everywhere have the right to live their lives and raise their children free from the fear of violence, and to help them enjoy that right by making it clearly understood that violence is preventable, and by working together to identify and address its underlying causes.
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Genetic Epidemiology of Major Depression: Review and Meta-Analysis
TL;DR: A meta-analysis of relevant data from primary studies of the genetic epidemiology of major depression suggested that familial aggregation was due to additive genetic effects, with a minimal contribution of environmental effects common to siblings and substantial individual-specific environmental effects/measurement error.
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Mental illness and/or mental health? Investigating axioms of the complete state model of health.
TL;DR: Confirmatory factor analyses supported the hypothesis that measures of mental health (i.e., emotional, psychological, and social well-being) and mental illness constitute separate correlated unipolar dimensions.
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Promoting and protecting mental health as flourishing: A complementary strategy for improving national mental health.
TL;DR: The conception and diagnosis of the mental health continuum, the findings supporting the two continua model of mental health and illness, and the benefits of flourishing to individuals and society are summarized.
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Loneliness as a specific risk factor for depressive symptoms: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses.
TL;DR: It is suggested that loneliness and depressive symptomatology can act in a synergistic effect to diminish well-being in middle-aged and older adults.
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Six-Month Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders in Three Communities: 1980 to 1982
Jerome K. Myers,Myrna M. Weissman,Gary L. Tischler,Charles E. Holzer,Philip J. Leaf,Helen Orvaschel,James C. Anthony,Jeff Boyd,Jack D. Burke,Morton Kramer,Roger K. Stoltzman +10 more
TL;DR: Six-month prevalence rates for selected DSM-III psychiatric disorders are reported based on community surveys in New Haven, Conn, Baltimore, and St Louis based on data gathered on more than 9,000 adults using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule.
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The NIMH Epidemiologic Catchment Area Program: Historical Context, Major Objectives, and Study Population Characteristics
Darrel A. Regier,Jerome K. Myers,Morton Kramer,Lee N. Robins,Dan G. Blazer,Richard L. Hough,William W. Eaton,Ben Z. Locke +7 more
TL;DR: The National Institute of Mental Health multisite Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) program is described in the context of four previous psychiatric epidemiologic surveys that included a combined total of 4,000 subjects from Stirling County, the Baltimore Morbidity Study, Midtown Manhattan, and the New Haven third-wave survey.
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Suicide and Primary Affective Disorders
Samuel B. Guze,Eli Robins +1 more
TL;DR: The following data indicate that the suicide risk amongPrimary affective disorders, depressive or manic episodes in patients who have been psychiatrically well previously, or who have had episodes of mania or depression without other psychiatric illnesses, is over thirty times greater than that of the population without these disorders.
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Conditions predisposing to suicide: a review
TL;DR: By reviewing causes of death among cohorts of various major disease entities or conditions, one may infer that a large majority of suicides are associated with a relatively small number of conditions.
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Psychiatric Disorders: A Rural/Urban Comparison
Dan G. Blazer,Linda K. George,Richard Landerman,Margaret R. Pennybacker,Mary Lou Melville,Max A. Woodbury,Kenneth G. Manton,K Jordan,Ben Z. Locke +8 more
TL;DR: A logistic-regression analysis was used to determine if significant urban/rural differences persisted when these potential confounders were controlled, and major depressive disorders were found to be twice as frequent in the urban area in this controlled analysis.