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Mental health in medical residents: relationship with personal, work-related, and sociodemographic variables

Objective: To examine association of sociodemographic characteristics, personality traits, social skills, and work variables with anxiety, depression, and alcohol dependence in medical residents. Methods: A total of 270 medical residents completed the following self-report instruments: sociodemographic ...

Depression and anxiety in parents of children who are candidates for liver transplantation

Arq. gastroenterol; 53 (1), 2016
ABSTRACT Background The primary stress factor for families in the pre-transplant period is reported as the waiting time for suitable organs, leading to anxiety, despair, and distress. Objective We investigated the psychosocial factors, anxiety and depression, in the parents of children who are candidat...

Pain, depression and sleep disorders in patients with diabetic and nondiabetic carpal tunnel syndrome: a vicious cycle

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 74 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a condition involving nerve entrapment that often leads to chronic neuropathic pain. We aimed to evaluate sleep quality and related parameters in diabetic and non-diabetic CTS patients. Method This study included a total of 366 patients with chronic CTS. These p...

Personality traits and psychiatric comorbidities in alcohol dependence

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 49 (1), 2016
Non-adaptive personality traits may constitute risk factors for development of psychiatric disorders such as depression and anxiety. We aim to evaluate associations and the predictive value of personality traits among alcohol-dependent individuals, with or without psychiatric comorbidities. The convenien...

Life expectancy without depression increases among Brazilian older adults

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To estimate life expectancy with and without depressive symptoms in older adults for the years 2000 and 2010. METHODS We evaluated individuals aged 60 years or older (n = 1,862 in 2000 and n = 1,280 in 2010), participants of the Saúde, Bem-Estar e Envelhecimento (SABE - Health, We...

Transtornos depressivos em pacientes que buscam cirurgia plástica estética: uma visão ampla e atualizada

Rev. bras. cir. plást; 31 (2), 2016
INTRODUÇÃO: A cirurgia estética pode melhorar a qualidade de vida de pacientes, porém alguns que se apresentam para o procedimento são portadores de transtornos depressivos (TD) e podem evoluir, no pós-operatório, de forma desastrosa do ponto de vista psicológico e até mesmo evoluir para o suic...

Variables associated with health-related quality of life in a Brazilian sample of patients from a tertiary outpatient clinic for depression and anxiety disorders

Introduction: Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) assessment tools have been broadly used in the medical context. These tools are used to measure the subjective impact of the disease on patients. The objective of this study was to evaluate the variables associated with HRQOL in a Brazilian sample of p...

La depresión dentro de la atención primaria, ¿dónde estamos en este tema?
Depression within primary care, where are we on this issue?

Salud pública Méx; 57 (5), 2015

A melancolia em Kafka como perda da linguagem: considerações sobre A construção

Ide (São Paulo); 37 (59), 2015
Este artigo faz uma análise da novela A construção (1923) de Kafka tendo como foco a psicologia do narrador-personagem. O personagem apresenta traços tanto da melancolia descrita por Freud (1917) e Ogden (2005), com suas autorrecriminações e seu enclausuramento em si mesmo, quanto da melancolia dos...