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Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Depressive Symptoms among Elderly Persons from Two Communities in Kingston, Jamaica

Issue:

Vol 62, Issue 7: Sept (2013)

DOI:

10.7727/wimj.2012.273

Pages:

615–9

Synopsis:

In this study of 200 elderly persons aged 60 years and over, predictors of depression were older age, female gender, low socio-economic status and low level of cognitive function.

ABSTRACT

Objective: To explore possible associations of age, gender, socio-economic status, educational level and level of cognitive functioning with depressive symptoms in a community sample of elderly persons.

Received:

08 Oct, 2012

Accepted:

27 Feb, 2013

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e-Published: 22 Jan, 2014

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Depression among Cardiovascular Disease Patients on a Consultation-liaison Service at a General Hospital in Jamaica

Issue:

Vol 61, Issue 5 (2012) - Special Issue on Mental Health

Pages:

499–503

Synopsis:

One-third of patients with cardiovascular disease referred to a consultation-liaison psychiatry service at a general hospital in Jamaica were depressed. They were also significantly more likely than other patients to have a depressive illness.

ABSTRACT

Objective: The prevalence of cardiovascular disease in Jamaica and other Caribbean countries has been steadily rising. Depression has been associated with increased morbidity and mortality in patients with cardiovascular disease. Against this background, the authors compared the co-occurrence of depressive illnesses among general hospital inpatients with cardiovascular disease and those without cardiovascular disease.

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Cardiovascular disease

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e-Published: 24 Oct, 2013

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Mental Illness and Public Health: Exploring the Role of General Hospital Physicians at a Teaching Hospital in Jamaica

Issue:

Vol 59, issue 6 (2010)

Pages:

662–7

Synopsis:

This study examines general hospital physicians’ utilization of consultation-liaison psychiatric services and makes inferences about the extent to which their role in the detection of psychiatric illnesses is being fulfilled.

ABSTRACT

Objectives: Against the public health implications of untreated mental illness among general hospital inpatients, this study aimed firstly to examine hospital physicians’ level of referral to a psychiatric service, and secondly, to explore the extent of these doctors’ knowledge of psychiatric issues by comparing their reasons for referring patients with patients’ final psychiatric diagnoses.

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preventive psychiatry

referral and consultation

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RC Gibson