Objective: To describe trends in prevalence and incidence of depressive disorder in a cohort
from Eastern Baltimore. Method: Twenty‐three‐year‐old longitudinal cohort, the Baltimore …

Using prospectively gathered data to study first-time occurrence of major depression rather
than its persistence, this inquiry tested whether the risk of major depression might be …

Background According to epidemiologic studies that use recall of lifetime episodes, the
prevalence of depression is increasing. This report from the Stirling County Study compares …

Background: Several large-scale cross-sectional studies have evaluated the prevalence of
major depression in Canadian populations. Few studies have employed prospective …

This study examines the correlates of a major depressive disorder and its treatment in the
general population. The sample was composed of 6694 individuals aged between 18 and …

The first modern, North American general population epidemiological surveys that included
information about depression were carried out in the late 1950s in the Midtown Manhattan …

Objective: The main aim of this study is to add new evidence on the descriptive
epidemiology of depressed mood, and to investigate suspected determinants for depressed …

It appears that results from cross‐sectional studies in Western societies estimate the
prevalence of depression in older adults to be lower than the prevalence in young and …

PURPOSE: Past research has demonstrated the high prevalence of depression in the
general population. However, few longitudinal studies have characterized the patterns of …

Objective The authors report the population prevalence of depression in older adults living
in the community and in residential care. Demographic, medical, health behavior, functional …