title: [Depressive disorders with somatic illnesses].
abstract: Up to 40% of medically ill patients suffer from clinically relevant depressive disorders, of which almost half can be classified as major depression. Some modern medical treatment procedures seem to increase the risk of depression. Quality of life as well as influences detrimental to the course of medical illness can be favourably influenced by a validated diagnostic approach and early careful therapeutic interventions. However, treating depressive disorders does not seem to exert a direct influence on the somatic prognosis. High depressive co-morbidity and burden of illness for both the individual and the society form a stark contrast to the obviously still insufficient diagnostic and therapeutic strategies in daily medical routine.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Muenster. arolt@uni-muenster.de
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Arolt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rothermundt
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D017211:Treatment Failure; D016896:Treatment Outcome