… depressive or depressive illness; clearly, however, not all (not even most) writers and artists
suffer from major mood disorders… We turn next to descriptions of these mood disorders, given …

… depressive illness and bipolar disorder across the life span (EJC, PML); 3) disease onset and
progression of major depressive illness … prevention and early detection of these disorders (…

… symptoms or a diagnosis of major depressive disorder) are at increased CVD risk6, 7,
including stroke (risk ratio, RR=1.34, 95% CI: 1.17-1.54), myocardial infarction (hazard ratio, HR=…

… ABSTRACT— Depressive disorders are a common source of … ’ disability, including mental
illness, and that governments … into existing health systems, with early detection and medication …

… Unipolar depressive disorders are projected to fall slightly … on existing evidence on health
promotion programmes. Te plan … Sickness funds no longer receive separate funding for those …

… early detection, and management of anxiety and depression … illness and major depression
than those with chronic illness … , and knowledge of mood disorders. System issues include the …

… impairment precludes depressive reactions during the first 6 … for early identification and
treatment or prevention efforts. … throughout the first year regardless of preinjury depression history…

… prevention “alleviates the effects of the disease and injury” (p. 15). For this book’s purposes,
we view health education as a subset of health promotion, … The WHO’s Health Promotion …

… human health and illness from a disease model, to a health model. … The health model,
therefore, focuses on health promotion as … depression and physical dysfunction and fosters health-…

… 16 8 Protecting mental health, preventing depression … 9 Investing in health promotion and
disease prevention: there is … appropriate forms of prevention and early detection. Evidence …