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Showing 1 to 20 of 202 for “"Major Depressive Disorder"”.
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Establishing Neurocognitive Profiles of Major Depressive Disorder Subtypes
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) subtypes have been shown to differentially impact psychiatric symptom presentation, clinical features, and functional abilities. While there is extensive research regarding MDD subtypes and clinical characteristics, there has been limited information regarding the …
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Family Functioning in Adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder
… is common among children and adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). Previous research suggests that depressed children describe their families as less cohesive, supportive, communicative, and as more conflictual than do their nondepressed peers. The present study examined the …
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Personalizing tricyclic antidepressant treatment for major depressive disorder
Contains fulltext : 329120.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access)
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Ketamine Infusions for Treatment-Resistant Major Depressive Disorder
… intravenous ketamine for treatment-resistant major depressive disorder.Background: Intravenous ketamine has been used for several years for analgesia and anesthesia. The use of intravenous ketamine for psychiatric disorders is a new utilization of this anesthetic medication; a knowledge …
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Pharmacogenetics to optimize the treatment of Major Depressive Disorder
Contains fulltext : 317866.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Recovery in Major Depressive Disorder: Neural and Clinical Perspectives
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is considered the current leading cause of disability worldwide (Friedrich, 2017), yet the recovery process in MDD, including neurobiological underpinnings, clinical features and optimal approaches to treatment remains ambiguous. Current definitions of recovery are …
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Medication Adherence in Children and Adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a serious psychiatric disorder in children and adolescents where antidepressant adherence remains an important issue. The present study uses electronic monitoring (Medication Event Monitoring System, APREX, Fremont, California [MEMS® caps]) to compare various …
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Case study of a client diagnosed with major depressive disorder
… the best practice for a client diagnosed with major depressive disorder who was referred for treatment at a community mental health facility. The client was assessed, diagnosed, and a treatment plan was developed. Implemented treatment consisted of combined cognitive behavioral oriented …
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ROLE OF ATM IN THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER (MDD)
… symptoms, including mood disturbances. Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a debilitating neuropsychiatric disease, characterized by affective, neurovegetative and cognitive symptoms and affecting about 300 million people worldwide with severe social and economic consequences. MDD is a …
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Vocal modulation features in the prediction of major depressive disorder severity
… biomarkers of neurological disease, particularly Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). Two model components contribute to amplitude modulation (AM): AM from respiratory muscles and from interaction between formants and frequency modulation in the fundamental frequency harmonics. Based on the modulation …
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Association between Reward Sensitivity and Smoking Status in Major Depressive Disorder
… not differ between individuals with and without major depressive disorder (MDD). In addition, a negative correlation between reward sensitivity and striatal prediction error signal was found among smokers, consistent with the suggestion that enhanced tonic dopamine associated with increased …
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Best Practice in Screening and Treatment of Preschool Childhood Major Depressive Disorder
… to identification, diagnosis, and treatment of depressive symptoms in preschool age children. Diagnosis and treatment methods for young children are necessarily quite different from those for treating adolescents and adults because young children lack the cognitive development and skills …
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Effectiveness of a treatment approach for major depressive disorder: a case study
… year old Caucasian female who was diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder. The intervention utilized techniques from several therapeutic approaches including cognitive-behavioral, psychoeducational and gestalt. The Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II) was used as an outcome measure. It was …
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Sudden Gains and Sudden Losses in Cognitive Therapy for Major Depressive Disorder
<p>Previous research has shown that a substantial proportion of clients in cognitive therapy (CT) for depression make rapid symptom improvements in a single between-session interval; these “sudden gains” occur at different sessions across patients and provide an important window to examine factors …
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Genome-Wide Association Analysis of Major Depressive Disorder and Its Related Phenotypes.
<p>Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a complex and chronic disease that ranks fourth as cause of disability worldwide. Thirteen to 14 million adults in the U.S. are believed to have MDD and an estimated 75% attempt suicide making MDD a major public health problem. Recently several genome-wide …
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Orbitofrontal Cortex Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder
… that is a safe and efficacious treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD). Conventional rTMS in MDD targets the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) or the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (DMPFC). However, many patients do not respond to DLPFC-rTMS or DMPFC-rTMS. Recent evidence suggests …
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A single subject study on major depressive disorder, PTSD, and mild mental retardation
… and normative practice in the treatment of Major Depressive Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Mild Mental Retardation. A client from a community-based agency was used in the study. The client was an African American woman who resided in a low socioeconomic area and whose income …
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Home/Hospital Instruction: Instructional Approach to Working with Students with Major Depressive Disorder
… who serve the population of students with major depressive disorder find that takes it away a student’s ability to learn. How can a student population that has restricted learning abilities be best served in a home-hospital instructional environment?</p> <p>The research literature is …
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Psychological and Neural Processing of Social Risk and Discrepancy in Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is one of the most prevalent health conditions in the world, characterised by persistent low mood and disruption to education, relationships, and employment. Disruption to social functioning is a core feature of MDD, and this dimension of the disorder may offer …
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Psychological and Neural Processing of Social Rejection and Inclusion in Major Depressive Disorder
… and neural basis of social processing in Major Depressive Disorder. This investigation was an attempt to resolve current conflicts and gaps in the social affective neuroscience literature regarding social functioning in depression. Chapter 1 consisted of a general introduction to the …
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