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Urgencias psiquiátricas en niños y adolescentes
Psychiatric Emergencies in Children and Adolescents

Rev. cuba. pediatr; 95 (), 2023
Introducción: Las urgencias psiquiátricas en la edad pediátrica constituyen un problema de salud pública. Objetivo: Describir las urgencias psiquiátricas y la conducta seguida, en el momento de su evaluación, en pacientes atendidos en consulta de urgencia. Métodos: Estudio observacional, descripti...

Tasa de egreso hospitalario por episodio depresivo recurrente en los años 2018-2021 en Chile

Rev. ANACEM (Impresa); 17 (1), 2023
Introducción: La depresión es un trastorno del ánimo frecuente, cuya recurrencia altera su manejo y pronóstico. El objetivo del trabajo es describir la tasa de egreso hospitalario (TEH) por episodio depresivo recurrente (EDR) entre 2018-2021 en Chile, según sexo, edad y gravedad. Materiales y métod...

Trastorno por Déficit de Atención e Hiperactividad (TDHA) y trastornos del estado del ánimo en estudiantes de medicina humana peruanos: una prueba piloto a nivel nacional

Introducción: el Trastorno por Déficit de Atención con Hiperactividad, también conocido por sus siglas TDAH, es considerado como un trastorno del neurodesarrollo. Diversos estudios reportan que la persistencia de los síntomas durante la adultez se da en el 50-70% de niños con TDAH. Respecto del ár...

Prevalence of depressive and anxiety disorders in patients with glaucoma: a cross-sectional study

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 84 (1), 2021
ABSTRACT Purpose: Our goal was to analyze the prevalence of depression and anxiety among patients with glaucoma and to identify risk factors related to these disorders. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out between August 2016 and August 2017 at the Hospital das Clínicas of Universidade Est...

Cesarean effects on adolescents' birth experiences: counterfactual analysis

Abstract Introduction The birth experience of adolescents is understudied even though they are a particularly vulnerable population to experience a negative birth event, given that they exhibit many known risk factors. Objective To ascertain whether a cesarean birth mediates the impact of infant compli...

Internet addiction in students from an educational institution in Southern Brazil: prevalence and associated factors

Abstract Objective To evaluate the prevalence of Internet addiction (IA) and its associated factors among students at an Educational Institution in Southern Brazil. Method This is a cross-sectional study, targeting a sample of students aged from 14 to 20 years. They were selected by random sampling t...

La relación entre la obesidad y estados depresivos

Rev. Méd. Clín. Condes; 31 (2), 2020
La depresión y la obesidad son patologías altamente prevalentes y corresponden a los principales problemas de salud pública. Estas patologías tienen un gran impacto en la morbilidad y mortalidad de los pacientes y afectan la salud y el bienestar de quienes las padecen, así como también afectan en e...

Incidence of depression in patients with hepatitis C treated with direct-acting antivirals

Objective: Depression has been associated with hepatitis C, as well as with its treatment with proinflammatory cytokines (i.e., interferon). The new direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) have minimal adverse effects and high potency, with a direct inhibitory effect on non-structural viral proteins. We st...

Leave of absence due to depression

Objective: to analyze the occurrence of leave of absence due to depression among workers. Method: census, descriptive-analytical study, with retrospective collection. Population composed of 2,267 workers on leave due to depression with data from the Unified Benefits Information System. The independent v...

Nationwide use of psychotropic drugs for treatment of self-reported depression in the Brazilian urban adult population

ABSTRACT: Objective: Antidepressant use is increasing worldwide, but national data on psychotropic drug use by depressed patients in Brazil is lacking. Methodology: Between 2013 and 2014, a representative sample of urban adult individuals were asked if they had a diagnosis of chronic disease, had a m...