Resumen Introducción y objetivos: Determinar la presencia de signos de liberación cortical, asociada a daño de sustancia blanca, es un método clínico de fácil realización. El objetivo es deter minar la presencia de signos de liberación cortical en pacientes con enfermedades mentales y enfermedad ...
Introducción: El suicidio es la complicación más grave de la depresión, ocasiona altos costos en salud y millones de muertes anuales alrededor del mundo; dadas sus implicaciones, es importante conocer los factores que aumentan su riesgo de ocurrencia y los instrumentos más útiles para abordarlos. O...
Antecedentes: Hay múltiples factores asociados con el suicidio en las personas mayores, además de depresión, la pérdida de independencia, las comorbilidades médicas, no estar satisfecho con la vida, no tener esperanza, entre otros. Objetivo: Describir la prevalencia de depresión en una muestra repr...
César, Karolina G;
Takada, Leonel T;
Brucki, Sonia M. D;
Nitrini, Ricardo;
Nascimento, Luiz Fernando C;
Oliveira, Maira O;
Gomes, Camila M. S;
Almeida, Milena C. S;
Porto, Fábio H;
Senaha, Mirna L. H.
Depression is a heterogeneous mental disease classified as a set of disorders, which manifest with a certain duration, frequency and intensity. The prevalence of depression in the elderly ranges from 0.5 to 16%. OBJECTIVE: To establish, in an epidemiological study, the prevalence of significant depressiv...
Although not evident clinically, lesions to the prefrontal cortex cause great social and functional impairment to patients. The anterior cingulate cortex is intimately involved with motivational behavior and after injury to this area the onset of an apathetic state can be observed. This paper describes t...
Alterações do humor indicativas de estado depressivo são comuns em pessoas com lesão medular, principalmente nos casos em que a incapacidade é permanente. Este estudo transversal foi realizado em 2012, em Fortaleza-Ceará, com 35 pacientes portadores de lesão medular traumática e aplicada a Escala...
OBJECTIVE: To explore possible associations of age, gender, socio-economic status, educational level and level of cognitive functioning with depressive symptoms in a community sample of elderly persons. METHOD: Two hundred elderly persons from two communities in Kingston, Jamaica, were randomly selected ...
The current study investigated the prevalence of depressive symptoms in persons with self-reported cardiovascular disease and the interactions of depressive symptoms, reported cardiovascular disease and gender in a Trinidadian population. Between June 2009 and August 2009, 425 participants were recruited...
BACKGROUND: Depression is a common problem among those suffering from diabetes mellitus. The dual diagnoses of a chronic medical disease and mental disorder, symptomatic presentation and stringent treatment regimen are sources ofpsychological distress for patients and present a major challenge for health...
