Depression and medical/surgical illness: "who wouldn't be depressed?.
Depression is the most frequent psychiatric complication of serious medical illness, occurring in up to 20 per cent of cases. Criteria for its diagnosis and guidelines for its treatment are presented.
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000523:psychology; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012803:Sick Role; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology