Depressive symptoms and impaired physical function were common and long-lasting during the first two years following acute lung injury (ALI), according to a new study from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Depressive symptoms were an independent risk factor for impaired physical...
Critically ill patients who recover from a potentially deadly syndrome known as acute lung injury frequently emerge with new, apparently long-lasting depressive symptoms and new physical impairments that make them unable to perform many daily tasks, Johns Hopkins research suggests. Results of...
A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and featured in a 2011 issue of the Journal of Gerontology, has identified demographic and health related characteristics that were related to mobility limitation. Investigators found that African-American...
The most common reason patients are not keen to disclose depressive symptoms to their doctors is their concern that they will be advised to take antidepressant medication, while others may think that it is not the job of a primary care physician (family doctor) to deal with mental problems...
The American Psychiatric Association has released a new clinical practice guideline for the treatment of patients with major depressive disorder. This guideline updates a previous version published 10 years ago and includes new evidence-based recommendations on the use of antidepressant...