[Concomitant depressions in non-psychiatric diseases. Identification and therapy of depressive components].
We introduce the new term "concomitant depression" and define it purely phenomenologically as the simultaneous appearance of a depressive mood and physical disease. Its place within the framework of previously current nomenclatures and classification according to causal principles are discussed. Neurology and internal medicine in particular are greatly confronted with the problem of concomitant depression. The main fields are the cerebral insult, radicular pain syndromes and internal medical conditions which tend to chroncity. The proportion of depressive component amounts to 1/5 to 1/3 of the total number of patients. By means of an anterospectively programmed medical record, we were able to evaluate the concomitant depression quantitatively. Suggestions for rational pharmacotherapy are given.
D000328:Adult; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003863:Depression / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D000928:Antidepressive Agents
Begleitdepressionen bei nicht- psychiatrischen Krankheiten. Erfassung und Therapie depressiver Komponenten