Which somatic symptoms are associated with an unfavorable course in Asian patients with major depressive disorder?

• Published in: Journal of affective disorders Vol. 149; no. 1-3; pp. 182 - 188
• Main Authors: Novick, Diego, Montgomery, William, Aguado, Jaume, Kadziola, Zbigniew, Peng, Xiaomei, Brugnoli, Roberto, Haro, Josep Maria
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier B.V 01.07.2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Asia - ethnology; Asian Continental Ancestry Group - psychology; Asian patients; Biological and medical sciences; Clinical outcome; Depression; Depressive Disorder, Major - ethnology; Depressive Disorder, Major - psychology; Depressive personality disorders; Factor Analysis, Statistical; Female; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Mental health services; Middle Aged; Mood disorders; Pain; Pain - ethnology; Pain - psychology; Pain Measurement; Prognosis; Prospective Studies; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Remission; Severity; Somatic symptoms; Asia; Somatic symptoms; Clinical outcome; Depression; Pain; Asian patients; Mood disorder; Human; Symptomatology; Asiatic; Ethnic group

To investigate the impact of somatic symptoms on the severity and course of depression in Asian patients treated for an acute episode of major depressive disorder (MDD). Three-month prospective observational study of 917 patients with MDD in psychiatric care settings of which 909 had complete main b...