major depressive disorder

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major depressive disorder

or major depression
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Besides, screening of suicidal ideation and educating school authorities on a referral pathway can be helpful strategies,' the study says.
Demographic factors are associated with suicidal ideation. (6) In both aggregate- and individual-level studies, (7-15) low income or low gross domestic product per capita is consistently associated with suicidal ideation.
Because primary care is typically the first and only point of entry into the health care system for patients with suicidal ideation, it is a vital setting for detecting those at risk for suicide (Bryan et al., 2014).
With respect to suicidal ideation, the research suggest between 37% and 74% of those with GD reported suicidal ideation (see table 1), very different to the results from Miret et al (2014) reporting 3,67% of the general population.
As a function of the high frequency of mental disorders in different healthcare settings, the aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of and workplace factors associated with CMD and suicidal ideation among workers within a public municipal healthcare network.
Beck scale for suicidal ideation was used to figure out the frequency of suicidal ideation.
Suicidal ideation was defined as an affirmative response to either of the following questions: "During the past 12 months, did you ever seriously consider attempting suicide?" (Yes or No) or "During the past 12 months, did you make a plan about how you would attempt suicide?" (Yes or No).
Using a minority stress framework (Meyer, 2003), we sought to understand how students' intersecting identities may influence the relation between peer victimization and school connectedness on suicidal ideation.
The negative correlation between suicidal ideation and spiritual beliefs implied the importance of spirituality in coping with different health problems and HIV as well [14, 15].
When assessing risk of suicide clinically, patients most at risk include those with past history of suicide attempts, a family history of suicide, and those who have the worst suicidal ideation.
This study aimed to investigate the factors (socio-demographic and clinical characteristics) that lead to suicidal ideation and the possible causes for suicidal behaviour in the elderly, thereby contributing to research in the area of hopelessness and suicidal ideation in the elderly.
Therefore, they are more likely to experience negative effects of the burden of care and mild to moderate levels of psychological distress.3 This psychological distress due to burden of care may lead them towards suicidal ideation.4 Suicidal ideation refers to the thinking, reflecting and planning for suicide.
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