DEPRESSION AND DYSTHYMIA - 02/09/11

Doi : 10.1016/S0025-7125(05)70333-3

J. David Moore, MD ^{^{*
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia}}, Joseph R. Bona, MD, MBA ^{^{*
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia}}

Resumen

Of the leading causes of disability in the world, according to the World Health Organization, 5 of the top 10 disorders are psychiatric in origin.^{39Murray C.L., Lopez A.D. The Global Burden of Disease Geneva: World Health Organization (1996).

Haga clic aquí para ir a la sección de Referencias} The number one disorder with the highest disability-adjusted life-years (a measure of life lost, years lived with a disability, or premature death) was unipolar depression.^{58Weissman M.M. Social functioning and the treatment of depression J Clin Psychiatry 2000 ; 61 (suppl 1) : 33-38

Haga clic aquí para ir a la sección de Referencias} Depression and its more chronic form of dysthymia received much attention during the 1990s. With the introduction of improved treatment alternatives, understanding depression and dysthymia is essential.