Depression and Chronic Diseases: Co-Occurrence and Communality of Risk Factors

Depression is an important public health problem affecting approximately 350 million people worldwide (Hyman  et al., 2006). It was the fourth leading cause of disease burden in 2000 (Hyman et al., 2006) and it is projected that depression will become the second leading cause of burden of disease by 2030 (Mathers and Loncar, 2006). In low and middle income countries (LMICs) it is expected that the bu rden of depression will increase even faster due to rapid social transitions and increased prevalence of “western lifestyle” risk factors (Mathers and Loncar, 2006) and disability attributed to depression is predicted to be larger (Hyman et al., 2006).

Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - August 8, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Mojtaba Lotfaliany, Steven J. Bowe, Paul Kowal, Liliana Orellana, Michael Berk, Mohammadreza Mohebbi Tags: Research paper Source Type: research