A paper published in JAMA Psychiatry has reported that use of hormonal contraceptives is associated with subsequent use of anti-depressants and
a first diagnosis of depression.
Not exact matches
Within the subgroup
of studies which specifically focused on social support, they found that 14 studies showed no association between marital or partner status and depressive symptoms or
diagnosis whilst 13 studies showed that women who were married or cohabiting with the baby's father had fewer depressive symptoms or a lower risk
of postpartum
depression compared to women separated from their partner or not in a relationship during the
first postpartum year.
But this is the
first large population study to look at how a new
diagnosis of depression might affect people with coronary heart disease, according to researchers.
In what appears to be the
first study
of yoga and stress in primary health care, Swedish researchers evaluated the effects on patients with a range
of stress - related symptoms and
diagnoses, from the pain
of supraspinatus syndrome to hypertension to
depression.
Published in The British Journal
of Dermatology, researchers analyzed data from one
of the largest medical records databases in the world, and discovered that patients diagnosed with acne had a 63 % higher rise
of major
depression within the
first year
of diagnosis.
In 2000, participants were asked to report the year
of their
first diagnosis of clinical
depression (1996 or before, 1997, 1998, 1999, or 2000).
Finally, underwriters will need to know if other underlying conditions are present, such as a
diagnosis of depression which could raise a red flag and lead a denial
of your application or approval with only limited benefits during the
first few years your policy is in place.
establish the prevalence
of anxiety,
depression and unmet needs, and document quality
of life and patterns
of care in cancer patients from Chinese, Arabic and Greek speaking CALD communities across Australia in the
first six months
of diagnosis
Third, the identification
of risk factors for juvenile - onset MDD in no way ensures their causal status.47 Although the early childhood risk factors (except childhood sexual abuse) covered the period prior to the
first diagnosis of MDD (and could thus be ruled out as consequences
of depression), future research is needed to determine whether changes in any
of the childhood risk factors would decrease the likelihood
of MDD, thus implying their causal status.
The present study is the
first to trace prospectively the course
of depression in a representative birth cohort from childhood to adulthood, using DSM
diagnoses of MDD.
History
of depression and previous suicide attempt predict increased risk
of suicide attempt following
diagnosis of first - episode psychosis
We defined adult - onset MDD as a
first diagnosis at 17 years or older because (1) this cutoff was consistent with the definition
of adult - onset MDD used by Harrington et al2 and (2) the incidence
of new cases
of depression in this sample spiked between the ages
of 15 and18 years and declined thereafter, suggesting that onset
of depression at or before age 15 years is unique (Figure 1).27