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Major Depressive Disorder

Known as: Disorders, Major Depressive, MAJOR DEPRESSION, MDD 
Marked depression appearing in the involution period and characterized by hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, and agitation.
National Institutes of Health

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Depressive episode, unspecifiedInvolutional paraphreniaMajor Depressive Disorder 1Major Depressive Disorder 2

Broader (4)

Mental DepressionMood DisordersParanoid Schizophreniaclinical depression

Papers overview

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Review
2014
Review
2014
Preventing the onset of major depressive disorder: a meta-analytic review of psychological interventions.
BACKGROUND Depressive disorders are highly prevalent, have a detrimental impact on the quality of life of patients and their… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Poor replication of candidate genes for major depressive disorder using genome-wide association data
Data from the Genetic Association Information Network (GAIN) genome-wide association study (GWAS) in major depressive disorder… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Major depressive disorder treatment guidelines in America and Europe.
The various major American and European guidelines for the treatment of depression provide similar basic principles of treatment… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Atypical antipsychotic augmentation in major depressive disorder: a meta-analysis of placebo-controlled randomized trials.
OBJECTIVE The authors sought to determine by meta-analysis the efficacy and tolerability of adjunctive atypical antipsychotic… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Efficacy of sertraline in the treatment of children and adolescents with major depressive disorder: two randomized controlled trials.
CONTEXT The efficacy, safety, and tolerability of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in the treatment of adults with… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Psychosocial functioning of young adults who have experienced and recovered from major depressive disorder during adolescence.
The authors examined whether adolescent major depressive disorder (MDD) was associated with difficulties in young adult… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Reduced neuronal size and glial cell density in area 9 of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in subjects with major depressive disorder.
Reductions in glial cell density and neuronal size have been described recently in major depressive disorder (MDD). Considering… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Depressive and anxiety disorders in women with HIV infection.
OBJECTIVE This study examined whether there were differences in the rate of depressive and anxiety disorders between HIV-infected… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Repeatability and heritability of exploratory behaviour in great tits from the wild
We investigated whether individual great tits, Parus major, vary consistently in their exploratory behaviour in a novel… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Disease-specific alterations in frontal cortex brain proteins in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder
Severe psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder are brain diseases of unknown… 
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