Executive summary “Depression is a disorder of mood, so mysteriously painful and elusive
in the way it becomes known to the self—to the mediating intellect—as to verge close to …

WHO estimate that by the beginning of the next century major unipolar depression will be
one of the most important causes of ill health overall. Whereas the cause of depression is …

Depression is the leading cause of mental healthrelated disease burden globally, affecting
an estimated 300 million people worldwide. 1 It represents a barrier to sustainable …

Depression rates in young people have risen sharply in the past decade, especially in
females, which is of concern because adolescence is a period of rapid social, emotional …

Background Depression is an important public-health problem, and one of the leading
causes of disease burden worldwide. Depression is often comorbid with other chronic …

Depressive disorders are common, costly, have a strong effect on quality of life, and are
associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. Effective treatments are available …

In this review of the last 5 years' developments in research into depression we focus on
recent advances and current controversies. We cover epidemiology and basic science as …

In today's Lancet, Oye Gureje and colleagues1 add to the growing epidemiological literature
on mental illness in Africa. They identified high rates of current and lifetime depressive …

Earlier editions of DSM have reasoned that after the death of a close relation, a psychiatrist
should wait 1 year (DSM-III) or 2 months (DSM-IV) before labelling the sadness, disturbed …

Despite the great attention western countries pay to the mind and human consciousness in
philosophy and the arts, disturbances of mental health remain not only neglected but also …