Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
Pivot Concepts:   Target Concepts:
Query: UMLS:C0011570 (depression)
 172,036 document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)

Four examples of homicide followed by attempted suicide are presented based on the psychiatric examinations prepared for the use of the courts. Three cases were suffering from unbearable states of endogenous depression and the fourth showed a serious chronic neurotic depression following an acute grief reaction before and during homicide. The relationship between depression and homicide is discussed from the standpoint of clinical psychopathology. Criminal responsibility of these cases is also discussed.
 ...
PMID:Depression and homicide. A psychiatric and forensic study of four cases. 42 39

A group of 111 women physicians and 103 women PhDs, selected from the general community, were studied for the presence of psychiatric illness. Fifty-one percent of the MDs and 32% of the PhDs were diagnosed as having primary affective disorder (P less than .01). Other psychiatric disorders were found in less than 10% of each group. Depression among the psychiatrists was significantly more common (73%) than among the other physicians (46%). More than 50% of all the women reported prejudice in training or employment, and depressed subjects reported prejudice more often than well subjects. The presence of children and depression were shown to disrupt a woman's professional career. The finding of a high prevalence of affective disorder among women physicians is consistent with the reported excessive suicide risk for this group.
 ...
PMID:Psychiatric disorders among professional women. 42 May 38

28 cases of suicide committed in a Swedish population subjected to repeated psychiatric investigations are described. Two groups of controls were selected from the same population: sex- and age-matched living persons (normal group) and sex-matched persons who had died from organic disease at ages corresponding to those at which the individuals in the suicide group had taken their lives (deceased group). The three groups were compared concerning clinical circumstances regarded to have been of importance for the final suicidal act. Interest was focused on events that had occurred during the year prior to suicide. Psychiatric disorders were diagnosed in 93% of the suicide group, in 60% of the deceased group, and in 32% of the normal group. Depression was the main diagnosis (50%) in the suicide group, organic brain syndrome in decreased and normals. Medical advice was sought more often (75%) by the suicide group than by normal controls (34%) and about equally often as by the deceased control (84%). 10 of the suicide persons with depressive illness had never seen a psychiatrist.
 ...
PMID:Suicide in the Lundby study: a comparative investigation of clinical aspects. 43

Where the genesis of "disease" owes much to causes that are social and economic in nature, epidemiology holds unrealized potential as a tool of social criticism. A particularly interesting example is provided by suicide and suicide research. Methodological difficulties are explored in detail, major findings reviewed, and the dominant interpretations of such findings criticized. Research has consistently pointed to the risks of marginal or minority status, unemployment, weak community supports, situational crises, and the pressures people are subjected to during periods of economic depression. It is argued that the sociostructural implications of such research have been systematically ignored, attention being devoted instead to more efficient management of the suicidal individual--this in spite of the lack of success of suicide prevention centers. Initial steps toward an alternative framework are outlined, with emphasis laid on the need to disaggregate the suicide act. It is further suggested that self-destruction is a far commoner--indeed, integral--part of our social environment than the bare rack of suicide statistics would suggest.
 ...
PMID:Rethinking suicide: notes toward a critical epidemiology. 46 38

Durkheim divided suicide into four social types; egoistic, anomic, fatalistic, and altruistic assigning the first two to modern, western society while relegating the last two to pre-industrial social orders. However, contemporary studies of female suicidal behavior and depression show that such women exhibit personality characteristics of low self-esteem, passivity, dependence and living vicariously for others which correspond to the behavioral indices of impersonalism, submissiveness, passivity, and obedience that produce the lack of individuation characteristic of Durkheim's altruistic/fatalistic suicide categories. On this basis, the author suggests that altruistic/fatalistic suicide may even in the modern world be relevant to the explanation of female suicidal behavior, a hypothesis which, if true, would support the contention that "men and women inhibit different social worlds."
 ...
PMID:Durkheim revisited: "Why do women kill themselves?". 47 87

Patients treated by maintenance hemodialysis are subjected to many stresses. As a result, many of these patients have psychological problems. Depression is the most common psychological complication seen in them. This is reflected in a high suicide rate in these patients. Other psychological problems seen in these patients are anxiety, sexual dysfunctions, problems connected with difficulties in rehabilitation, the problem of the 'uncooperative' patients, and psychosis. Vigilant attention is required so that diagnosis may be made early and treatment started soon thereafter. Important methods of treatment are supportive psychotherapy, behavioral techniques for sexual dysfunctions, and the use of psychologically active drugs.
 ...
PMID:Psychological problems of the patient on hemodialysis and their treatment. 48 48

This study tests three hypotheses relating to suicidal behavior among urban black males: that black consciousness and group cohesiveness will be lower and depression will be higher. Inner-city, young adult black males with a suicide attempt in the last 6 months, and matched controls were examined. Hypothesis was one supported; the other two received partial support. The validity of the theory of black self-hatred as the basic cause of suicidal behavior among blacks is questioned. Atwo-factor theory of suicide, focusing on forces moving the person away from suicide toward positive subgroup ties, is proposed.
 ...
PMID:Some sociopsychological factors in attempted suicide among urban black males. 48 54

Recent efforts to quantify various aspects of suicide ideation are described. The Suicide Intent Scale, Hopelessness Scale, and the Scale for Suicide Ideation all assess components of the individual's suicidal ruminations. Hopelessness seems to account for the bulk of the relationship between depression and suicidal intent. The Scale for Suicide Ideation seems to show promise as a predictive instrument, as a dependent variable in research on treatment efficacy, and as a tool for clinical assessment of suicide potential. Implications for further research and clinical practice are discussed.
 ...
PMID:Cognitive aspects of suicidal behavior. 48 55

The depressed elderly have the highest suicide risk of any group in our society. Thus, depression in late life is a serious mental health problem. The essential goal of the diagnostic work-up is to distinguish a major depressive episode from less severe dysphoric symptoms. The major treatment modalities are properly selected pharmacologic agents, electroconvulsive therapy, psychotherapy and counseling, increased physical and social activity, and attention to underlying medical problems.
 ...
PMID:Depression in late life. 49 98

Depressive syndromes are common disorders. They can be severely disabling and, too often, may lead to suicide. Pharmacological attempts to relieve depression have a long history. However, it was the development of monoaminooxidase inhibitors and tricyclic antidepressants which first provided truly effective antidepressants for medical use. Antidepressants, coupled with supportive therapy can usually accelerate improvement, diminish the intensity of symptoms and reduce the danger of suicide. The lithium salts lead to a better prognosis of many patients suffering from psychotic depression and promote social adjustment and occupational rehabilitation. Especially the tricyclic antidepressants are anything but ideal. They are slow-acting, have side effects, can cause fatal overdoses, and do not help every patient. In the course of an ideal antidepressant therapy a more immediate onset of drug action could decrease the risk of suicide and diminish the severe life disruptions that long illnesses can cause. Less toxic medications could also decrease their utilization for suicide attempts.
 ...
PMID:[Psychotic depression: therapy, prevention, side effects, patient information and prognosis]. 49 65


<< Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next >>