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Volume 1 (2004), Issue 5 (December)

1. Meeting the unmet need for depression services with psycho-educational self-confidence workshops: preliminary report.
   Br J Psychiatry, 185: 511-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Caregiving attitudes and at-risk maternal behavior among mothers with major mental illness.
   Psychiatr Serv, 55(12): 1431-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Depression, anxiety, and physical impairments and quality of life in the U.S. noninstitutionalized population.
   Psychiatr Serv, 55(12): 1408-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Comparing the quality of antidepressant pharmacotherapy in the Department of Veterans Affairs and the private sector.
   Psychiatr Serv, 55(12): 1386-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Disparities in the adequacy of depression treatment in the United States.
   Psychiatr Serv, 55(12): 1379-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Unemployment, job retention, and productivity loss among employees with depression.
   Psychiatr Serv, 55(12): 1371-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Estimating depression prevalence from the Beck Depression Inventory: is season of administration a moderator?
   Psychiatry Res, 129(1): 99-106. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Is the biological nature of depressive symptoms in borderline patients without concomitant Axis I pathology idiosyncratic? Sleep EEG comparison with recurrent brief, major depression and control subjects.
   Psychiatry Res, 129(1): 65-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Depressive mood after a cardiac event: gender inequality and participation in rehabilitation programme.
   Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs, 3(4): 295-302. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Brain differences in newborn rats predisposed to helpless and depressive behavior.
    Brain Res, 1030(2): 267-76. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Low testosterone is associated with decreased function and increased mortality risk: a preliminary study of men in a geriatric rehabilitation unit.
    J Am Geriatr Soc, 52(12): 2077-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. What symptoms of depression predict mortality in community-dwelling elders?
    J Am Geriatr Soc, 52(12): 2052-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Adult attachment dimensions and specificity of emotional distress symptoms: prospective investigations of cognitive risk and interpersonal stress generation as mediating mechanisms.
    Pers Soc Psychol Bull, 31(1): 136-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Depression and comorbid illness in elderly primary care patients: impact on multiple domains of health status and well-being.
    Ann Fam Med, 2(6): 555-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. A multicenter study of depression among emergency department patients.
    Acad Emerg Med, 11(12): 1284-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Anxious and depressive disorders and their comorbidity: effect on central nervous system noradrenergic function.
    Biol Psychiatry, 56(11): 875-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Hippocampal changes and white matter lesions in early-onset depression.
    Biol Psychiatry, 56(11): 825-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Pretreatment neurophysiological and clinical characteristics of placebo responders in treatment trials for major depression.
    Psychopharmacology (Berl), 177(1): 15-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Triiodothyronine addition to paroxetine in the treatment of major depressive disorder.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 89(12): 6271-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Factors associated with complex visual hallucinations during antidepressant treatment.
    Hum Psychopharmacol, 19(8): 577-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Quetiapine has a direct effect on the negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
    Hum Psychopharmacol, 19(8): 559-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Public attitudes to depression in urban Turkey - the influence of perceptions and causal attributions on social distance towards individuals suffering from depression.
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol, 39(12): 1010-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Life satisfaction and depression in a 15-year follow-up of healthy adults.
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol, 39(12): 994-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Personality, perceived parental rejection and problem behavior in adolescence.
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol, 39(12): 980-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Depressive symptomatology in pregnancy - a Singaporean perspective.
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol, 39(12): 975-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Detection of somatization and depression in primary care in Saudi Arabia.
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol, 39(12): 962-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Brain serotonin transporter binding potential measured with carbon 11-labeled DASB positron emission tomography: effects of major depressive episodes and severity of dysfunctional attitudes.
    Arch Gen Psychiatry, 61(12): 1271-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Metyrapone as additive treatment in major depression: a double-blind and placebo-controlled trial.
    Arch Gen Psychiatry, 61(12): 1235-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. The MTHFR C677T polymorphism is associated with depressive episodes in patients from Northern Ireland.
    J Psychopharmacol, 18(4): 567-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Combination therapy with venlafaxine and carbamazepine in depressive patients not responding to venlafaxine: pharmacokinetic and clinical aspects.
    J Psychopharmacol, 18(4): 559-66. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Anxiety and depression in children with epilepsy and their mothers.
    Epilepsy Behav, 5(6): 958-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Contribution of the MTHFR gene to the causal pathway for depression, anxiety and cognitive impairment in later life.
    Neurobiol Aging, 26(2): 251-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. The effects of reminiscence in promoting mental health of Taiwanese elderly.
    Int J Nurs Stud, 42(1): 31-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Depression and the 25-item National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire in older adults.
    Ophthalmology, 111(12): 2259-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Depressive symptoms and viral clearance in patients receiving interferon-alpha and ribavirin for hepatitis C.
    Brain Behav Immun, 19(1): 23-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Ovarian hormone withdrawal-induced "depression" in female rats.
    Physiol Behav, 83(3): 505-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Trajectories of depressive symptoms among high risk African-American adolescents.
    J Adolesc Health, 35(6): 468-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Spanish-language measures of mania and depression.
    Psychol Assess, 16(4): 381-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Development and preliminary validation of the physiological hyperarousal scale for children.
    Psychol Assess, 16(4): 373-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Development and validation of a Rasch-derived CES-D short form.
    Psychol Assess, 16(4): 360-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Positive aspects of caregiving and adaptation to bereavement.
    Psychol Aging, 19(4): 668-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Social supports and serotonin transporter gene moderate depression in maltreated children.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 101(49): 17316-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Providing psychosocial support for breast cancer patients based on screening for distress within a consultation-liaison service.
    Psychooncology, 13(12): 893-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Surviving sudden loss: when life, death, and technology collide.
    J Vasc Nurs, 22(4): 134-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. L-carnitine supplementation for the treatment of fatigue and depressed mood in cancer patients with carnitine deficiency: a preliminary analysis.
    Ann N Y Acad Sci, 1033: 168-76. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Cognitive-behavioral group program for Chinese heterosexual HIV-infected men in Hong Kong.
    Patient Educ Couns, 56(1): 78-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Estimating treatment effects from longitudinal clinical trial data with missing values: comparative analyses using different methods.
    Psychiatry Res, 129(2): 209-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Psychosocial situations, quality of depression and schizophrenia in adolescents.
    Psychiatry Res, 129(2): 149-57. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Subjective quality of life in first episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders with comorbid depression.
    Psychiatry Res, 129(2): 141-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Factors that differentiate early vs. later onset of major depression disorder.
    Psychiatry Res, 129(2): 127-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Demographic characteristics, menopausal status, and depression in midlife immigrant women.
    Womens Health Issues, 14(6): 227-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Depressive symptoms during buprenorphine vs. methadone maintenance: findings from a randomised, controlled trial in opioid dependence.
    Eur Psychiatry, 19(8): 510-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Six-month course of mild cognitive impairment and affective symptoms in late-life depression.
    Eur Psychiatry, 19(8): 502-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Women with anxiety disorders during pregnancy are at increased risk of intense postnatal depressive symptoms: a prospective survey of the MATQUID cohort.
    Eur Psychiatry, 19(8): 459-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Effect of bupropion on nocturnal urinary free cortisol and its association with antidepressant response.
    J Psychiatr Res, 39(2): 183-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Treatment with a CRH-1-receptor antagonist (R121919) does not affect weight or plasma leptin concentration in patients with major depression.
    J Psychiatr Res, 39(2): 173-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Severity of depressive symptoms and response to antidepressants and placebo in antidepressant trials.
    J Psychiatr Res, 39(2): 145-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Inflammatory markers in depressed post-myocardial infarction patients.
    J Psychiatr Res, 39(2): 137-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Cognitive function over the treatment course of depression in middle-aged patients: correlation with brain MRI signal hyperintensities.
    J Psychiatr Res, 39(2): 129-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Duloxetine in the acute and long-term treatment of major depressive disorder: a placebo- and paroxetine-controlled trial.
    Eur Neuropsychopharmacol, 14(6): 457-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Usefulness of depression to predict time to combined end point of transplant or death for outpatients with advanced heart failure.
    Am J Cardiol, 94(12): 1577-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Agitated depression: a valid depression subtype?
    Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry, 28(8): 1279-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. A single day of constant light (L/L) provides immunity to behavioral despair in female rats maintained on an L/D cycle.
    Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry, 28(8): 1261-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. Rapid assessment of well-being: The Short Depression-Happiness Scale (SDHS).
    Psychol Psychother, 77: 463-78. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. Satisfaction with a romantic relationship, depression, support and conflict.
    Psychol Psychother, 77: 449-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. A psycho-educational intervention for depressed women: a qualitative analysis of the process.
    Psychol Psychother, 77: 429-47. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. S-adenosylmethionine (SAM-e) for the treatment of depression in people living with HIV/AIDS.
    BMC Psychiatry, 4: 38. [Abstract] [Full-text]
68. Efficacy and tolerability of venlafaxine in geriatric outpatients with major depression: a double-blind, randomised 6-month comparative trial with citalopram.
    Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 19(12): 1123-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
69. Symptoms of depression and anxiety (MHI) following acute medical/surgical hospitalization and post-discharge psychiatric diagnoses (DSM) in 839 geriatric US veterans.
    Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 19(12): 1155-67. [Abstract] [Full-text]
70. Religious attendance and depressive symptoms among community dwelling elderly in Taiwan.
    Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 19(12): 1148-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
71. Prevalence of major and minor depression in elderly persons with mild cognitive impairment--MADRS factor analysis.
    Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 19(12): 1168-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
72. Depressive symptoms increase the likelihood of cognitive impairment in elderly people with subclinical Alzheimer pathology.
    Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord, 19(1): 46-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
73. Motivational symptoms of depression mask preclinical Alzheimer's disease in elderly subjects.
    Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord, 19(1): 31-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
74. Medication management of depression: the impact of comorbid chronic medical conditions.
    J Psychosom Res, 57(6): 565-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
75. The associations of anxiety, depression and personal illness representations with glycaemic control and health-related quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
    J Psychosom Res, 57(6): 557-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
76. Psychiatric morbidity and cognitive representations of illness in chronic daily headache.
    J Psychosom Res, 57(6): 549-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
77. The empirical status of melancholia: implications for psychology.
    Clin Psychol Rev, 25(1): 25-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
78. Depression and early retirement: prospective population based study in middle aged men.
    J Epidemiol Community Health, 59(1): 70-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
79. Anatomical MRI study of hippocampus and amygdala in patients with current and remitted major depression.
    Psychiatry Res, 132(2): 141-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
80. Job loss and depressive symptoms in couples: common stressors, stress transmission, or relationship disruption?
    J Fam Psychol, 18(4): 639-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
81. Father involvement moderates the effect of maternal depression during a child's infancy on child behavior problems in kindergarten.
    J Fam Psychol, 18(4): 575-88. [Abstract] [Full-text]
82. Corticosterone increases depression-like behavior, with some effects on predator odor-induced defensive behavior, in male and female rats.
    Behav Neurosci, 118(6): 1365-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
83. Depressive symptom patterns and their consequences for diagnosis of affective disorders in cancer patients.
    Support Care Cancer, 12(12): 864-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
84. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in Greek cancer patients: psychometric analyses and applicability.
    Support Care Cancer, 12(12): 821-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
85. The antidepressant properties of the ketogenic diet.
    Biol Psychiatry, 56(12): 981-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
86. No correlation of depression and anxiety to plasma estrogen and progesterone levels in patients with premenstrual dysphoric disorder.
    Psychiatry Clin Neurosci, 58(6): 593-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
87. Fear of intimacy in women: relationship between attachment styles and depressive symptoms.
    Psychopathology, 37(6): 299-303. [Abstract] [Full-text]
88. Interactive regulation of affect in postpartum depressed mothers and their infants: an overview.
    Psychopathology, 37(6): 272-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
89. Manifestation, attribution, and coping with depression among Asian Indians from the perspectives of health care practitioners.
    J Transcult Nurs, 16(1): 32-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
90. Kinematical analysis of emotionally induced facial expressions: a novel tool to investigate hypomimia in patients suffering from depression.
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 76(1): 138-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
91. A novel neurological mechanism to explain the adverse effect of depression on coronary artery disease.
    Med Hypotheses, 64(2): 284-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
92. Predictors of the onset of depressive symptoms in patients with heart failure.
    J Am Coll Cardiol, 44(12): 2333-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
93. Amygdala and hippocampus volumes in pediatric major depression.
    Biol Psychiatry, 57(1): 21-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
94. Early depressive symptoms after stroke: neuropsychological correlates and lesion characteristics.
    J Neurol Sci, 228(1): 27-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
95. The genetic and environmental effects on depressive symptoms among older female twins.
    Twin Res, 7(6): 626-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
96. Gait unsteadiness and fall risk in two affective disorders: a preliminary study.
    BMC Psychiatry, 4: 39. [Abstract] [Full-text]
97. Association of serotonin 5-HT2A receptor binding and the T102C polymorphism in depressed and healthy Caucasian subjects.
    Neuropsychopharmacology, 30(1): 166-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
98. Serotonergic cell signaling in an animal model of aging and depression: olfactory bulbectomy elicits different adaptations in brain regions of young adult vs aging rats.
    Neuropsychopharmacology, 30(1): 52-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
99. Child maltreatment in depressed adolescents: differences in symptomatology based on history of abuse.
    Child Maltreat, 10(1): 37-48. [Abstract] [Full-text]
100. Escitalopram/reboxetine combination in depressed patients with substance use disorder.
     Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry, 29(1): 165-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
101. Antidepressant effects of nicotine and fluoxetine in an animal model of depression induced by neonatal treatment with clomipramine.
     Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry, 29(1): 39-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
102. Cardiac risk factors in patients with diabetes mellitus and major depression.
     J Gen Intern Med, 19(12): 1192-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
103. Predictors of quality of life and pain in chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: findings from the National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Cohort Study.
     BJU Int, 94(9): 1279-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
104. Cognitive performance in people with Parkinson's disease and mild or moderate depression: effects of dopamine agonists in an add-on to L-dopa therapy.
     Eur J Neurol, 12(1): 9-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
105. Does it matter what you call it? The relationship between labeling unwanted sexual experiences and distress.
     J Consult Clin Psychol, 72(6): 1090-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
106. A growth curve analysis of the course of dysthymic disorder: the effects of chronic stress and moderation by adverse parent-child relationships and family history.
     J Consult Clin Psychol, 72(6): 1012-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
107. Community-based prevention of marital dysfunction: multilevel modeling of a randomized effectiveness study.
     J Consult Clin Psychol, 72(6): 933-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
108. Use of selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors in the treatment of depression in adults with HIV.
     Ann Pharmacother, 39(1): 141-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
109. Depressive personality disorder: rates of comorbidity with personality disorders and relations to the five-factor model of personality.
     J Personal Disord, 18(6): 542-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
110. PTSD and depression in refugee children: associations with pre-migration trauma and post-migration stress.
     Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 13(6): 373-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
111. Major depressive disorder: probiotics may be an adjuvant therapy.
     Med Hypotheses, 64(3): 533-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
112. Hyperfunctionality of serotonin-2C receptor-mediated inhibition of accumbal dopamine release in an animal model of depression is reversed by antidepressant treatment.
     Neuropharmacology, 48(1): 34-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
113. Depressive symptoms and mortality in men: results from the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial.
     Stroke, 36(1): 98-102. [Abstract] [Full-text]
114. Gender differences in electroconvulsive therapy: a retrospective chart review.
     J Affect Disord, 84(1): 99-102. [Abstract] [Full-text]
115. Age and gender differences in depressive symptomatology and comorbidity: an incident sample of psychiatrically admitted children.
     J Affect Disord, 84(1): 85-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
116. Personality as a determinant of social functioning in depression.
     J Affect Disord, 84(1): 73-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
117. Communicative skills of general practitioners augment the effectiveness of guideline-based depression treatment.
     J Affect Disord, 84(1): 43-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
118. Personality--life event congruence effects in late-life depression.
     J Affect Disord, 84(1): 25-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
119. Psychological factors associated with persistent postnatal depression: past and current relationships, defence styles and the mediating role of insecure attachment style.
     J Affect Disord, 84(1): 15-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
120. Evidence of cost-effective treatments for depression: a systematic review.
     J Affect Disord, 84(1): 1-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
121. Gender differences in factors associated with psychological distress among immigrants from low- and middle-income countries--findings from the Oslo Health Study.
     Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol, 40(1): 78-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
122. N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor is required for the synaptic incorporation and removal of AMPA receptors during cerebellar long-term depression.
     Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 101(52): 18212-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
123. Suicidal ideation and bipolar-II depression symptoms.
     Hum Psychopharmacol, 20(1): 27-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
124. The Treatment Initiation Program: an intervention to improve depression outcomes in older adults.
     Am J Psychiatry, 162(1): 184-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
125. Is depression in old age fatal only when people feel lonely?
     Am J Psychiatry, 162(1): 178-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
126. Increase in interleukin-1beta in late-life depression.
     Am J Psychiatry, 162(1): 175-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
127. Bone mineral density, markers of bone turnover, and cytokines in young women with borderline personality disorder with and without comorbid major depressive disorder.
     Am J Psychiatry, 162(1): 168-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
128. Facial expressiveness in patients with schizophrenia compared to depressed patients and nonpatient comparison subjects.
     Am J Psychiatry, 162(1): 92-101. [Abstract] [Full-text]
129. Pregnancy, delivery, and neonatal complications in a population cohort of women with schizophrenia and major affective disorders.
     Am J Psychiatry, 162(1): 79-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
130. Is vascular depression a distinct sub-type of depressive disorder? A review of causal evidence.
     Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 20(1): 1-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
131. The effects of reminiscence on depressive symptoms and mood status of older institutionalized adults in Taiwan.
     Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 20(1): 57-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
132. Prevalence and correlates of depression in Chinese oldest-old.
     Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 20(1): 41-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
133. Exercise treatment for depression: efficacy and dose response.
     Am J Prev Med, 28(1): 1-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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