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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"model of depression"”.
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Cultural Consensus Model of Depression Beliefs Among Afghan Refugees
… study describes gender-specific beliefs about depression among Afghan refugees, a population shown to be highly distressed. A 73-item questionnaire covering causes, symptoms, and treatments of depression, developed through free-listing techniques and supplemented with items from existing …
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The effect of light on a rat model of depression
Background: Depression is a debilitating mood disorder, negatively affecting an individual’s health and well-being. Despite this, the aetiology of depression remains poorly understood. Consistently, depression treatments are far from satisfactory due to limited efficacy and adverse side effects …
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Developing a Predictive Model of Depression and Suicidal Tendencies in Pilots
<p>The mental health of commercial airline pilots is as important as their physical health because of their immense responsibility for the safety of their passengers and crews. Pilot suicides that end in fatal aircraft crashes result in many injuries and deaths. Although depression and suicidal …
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The crucial role of reelin in a preclinical model of depression
Depression is a complex psychiatric disorder characterized by a cyclical disease course with repeated episode relapses. Rats treated for 21 days with corticosterone (CORT), a well characterized model of depression, exhibit a depression-like phenotype. Additionally, CORT treated rats have shown a …
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A Stress-Diathesis Model of Depression: Examining Self-Compassion and Savoring
<p>Depression is a prevalent public health problem, with approximately 6.4% of Americans suffering from the condition each year. Emerging adults are especially vulnerable to depression, as approximately 25% of individuals from age 18-25 have reported experiencing at least one depressive episode. …
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A study of the WKY as a rat model of depression
Major depression is a heterogeneous neuropsychiatric disorder with a significant genetic - stress interaction. The Wistar - Kyoto (WKY) rat displays hypersensitivity to stress and depression - like behaviour and is used as a genetic model of major depression. However, the depression - and anxiety - …
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Examining Hippocampal Reelin Expression and Neural Plasticity in an Animal Model of Depression
… is an important risk factor for the development of clinical depression, yet little is known about the neurobiological mechanisms by which stress might promote depressive symptomatology. The brain is particularly susceptible to the negative effects of stress, as high levels of stress hormones …
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The Cellular and Molecular Determinants of Hippocampus Size in a Female Monkey Model of Depression
Alterations in the structure and function of the hippocampus are implicated in the pathophysiology of depression, though the cellular and molecular mechanisms contributing to those mechanisms are unknown. Reduced hippocampal volume is reported in depressed patients, yet the interpretation of human …
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Investigation of anxiety symptoms in a cognitive-stress mediational model of depression in early adolescent girls
… research indicates an increase in the prevalence of depression around adolescence, especially for females. Research suggests depressogenic cognitions play an essential role in the development of depression and may mediate the relation between risk factors and depression. Research has also shown …
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An evaluation of a proposed animal model of depression: Effect on adult behavior and response to imipramine in three tests
… these behavioral alterations and symptoms of depressive disorder suggested that juvenile antidepressant administration may be useful as an animal model of depression.
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Marital Satisfaction and Depression in a Study of Brazilian Women: A Cross-Cultural Test of the Marital Discord Model of Depression
<p>Depression is a major societal health problem with individual, familial, social, and economic costs. Cross sectional research has linked depression and marital discord, with women frequently having a higher association between variables. Several longitudinal research studies have linked marital …
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Coping with stress: The Impact of the Hypothalamus Pituitary Adrenal (HPA) System and Neurotrophic Circuits in the Learned Helplessness Model of Depression
Animal models currently represent a viable route for gaining further insights into the mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of particular diseases. Depression, in this respect, constitutes a major challenge since the characterization of disease-specific traits is complicated due to the …
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Effects of Chronic Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Use on Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis
… (SSRI) antidepressants, widely prescribed for depression and other disorders, have been associated with increased ischemic stroke risk in several observational studies. Previously the Shively lab has reported that long-term SSRI treatment and depression independently increased coronary artery …
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Depression, Self-Esteem and Perceived Peer Acceptance Reported By Children Enrolled in a Gifted Program
… designed to investigate the relationship between depression, self-esteem, and perceived peer acceptance for children in a regular, public school setting and children enrolled in two public school programs for the gifted. The group of participants enrolled in a full-time gifted program was too …
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Factors Predicting Depression Among Cancer Survivors in Integrative Care: A Mixed-Method Design
… With the increasing cancer survival rate, depression becomes commonly comorbid among individuals with cancer, needing to involve long-term and integrative healthcare to manage the symptoms. Acupuncture has become increasingly acceptable, showing scientific evidence with clinical benefits to …
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The generality of learned helplessness theory: effect of electroconvulsive shock
… been demonstrated in the rat. Thus, the purpose of this dissertation was twofold: (1) to determine if the learned helplessness effect could be reliably demonstrated in rats; and (2) if so, will a single ECS attenuate this phenomenon. If it could be shown that ECS attenuates helplessness, then two …
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Aspects of the Self and Psychological Outcomes
<p>Depression ranks among the top health concerns on college campuses and impairs students’ functioning across numerous domains including academic, social, and personal areas, and there is still an urgent need for a model that can provide comprehensive understanding of the development and treatment …
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Depression and self -silencing in lesbian and heterosexual women
Depression among lesbians is an underexplored area in the literature of the psychology of women and in depression research. A few investigators have hypothesized about the factors that place lesbians at risk for depression, and have explored those hypotheses experimentally. However, there is a …
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Affective Insurgencies: Circular Narratives of Conflict in Contemporary South Asian Novels
… explore how our everyday discourses and notions of truth and epistemic validity which we use in a variety of academic disciplines and other contexts can be deconstructed within the textual space of contemporary literature on terrorism. In chapter one, I analyze nineteenth- and twentieth-century …
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