Quest for Timely Detection and Treatment of Women With Depression
| Autor: | Jeanne Leventhal Alexander |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pharmaceutical Science Collaborative Care Pharmacy Social support Risk Factors medicine Humans Women Psychiatry Depression (differential diagnoses) Depressive Disorder business.industry Health Policy Stressor medicine.disease Antidepressive Agents Menstruation Breast Feeding Mood disorders Sexual abuse Anxiety Female Seasons Menopause medicine.symptom business Postpartum period |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy. 13:3-11 |
| ISSN: | 1944-706X 1083-4087 |
| DOI: | 10.18553/jmcp.2007.13.9-a.3 |
| Popis: | Women are at risk for a wide range of depressive and anxiety disorders and particularly for mood disorders associated with their menstrual cycle, with seasonality, and during the menopausal transition.To review the presentation of depression, the importance of timely and effective treatment, and some of the research surrounding increased prevalence of depression in women, and the times and conditions--such as the perimenopausal transition, pregnancy, postpartum period, and comorbidities--of this increased risk in women.Dynamic interactions of both biological and environmental factors contribute to the development of major depression. These include, but are not limited to, predisposing genetic influences, gender, environmental stressors, poor social support, childhood sexual abuse, other psychiatric illness, and trauma. Timely and effective treatment of each episode of depression to remission is critically important. Barriers to instituting collaborative care of depressive illness are numerous. The lack of adequate collaborative care along with the consequent failure to adequately diagnose and treat depression reflects some of the deficiencies in the current organization and delivery of health services.The prevalence of depression, its psychosocial and medical consequences, and the worsening course of depression without treatment highlight the public health importance of early detection and improved strategies for the treatment of depression in modern health care settings. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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