What is it about?
Depressive disorders are within the most prevalent mental disease worldwide. We know that 40 to 50% of depressed patients are detected in primary health care and 20% receive adequate treatment. Early diagnosis can improve well-being of patients, ensure a better antidepressant response and reduce the risk of recurrence and suicide.
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Why is it important?
Our study showed that depressive disorders are common in primary care and depressed patients have a disrupted social and professional functioning.
Perspectives
The prevalence of Depressive disorders , suicide risk and the alteration of the quality of life among primary health care patients in Morocco, suggest the importance of identifying and treating this population
Professor Bouchra ONEIB
Institute of Psychiatry
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This page is a summary of: Epidemiological study of the prevalence of depressive disorders in primary health care in Morocco, Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice, January 2015, Medknow,
DOI: 10.4103/0976-3147.169768.
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