Context Association between obesity and depression has repeatedly been established. For
treatment and prevention purposes, it is important to acquire more insight into their …

Objectives Routine Outcome Monitoring (ROM) is an important quality tool for measuring
outcome of treatment in health care. The objective of this article is to summarize the evidence …

Background Burnout is a stress state characterized by symptoms of mental exhaustion and
physical fatigue, detachment from work, and feelings of diminished competence. Several …

The Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA) is a multi‐site naturalistic cohort
study to: (1) describe the long‐term course and consequences of depressive and anxiety …

Background: Comorbidity of depressive and anxiety disorders is common and has been shown
to be a consistent predictor of chronicity. Comorbidity patterns among specific depressive …

Context There is a central belief that depression is associated with hyperactivity of the
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, resulting in higher cortisol levels. However, results are …

Hovens JGFM, Wiersma JE, Giltay EJ, van Oppen P, Spinhoven P, Penninx BWJH, Zitman
FG. Childhood life events and childhood trauma in adult patients with depressive, anxiety and …

Background Charles Bonnet's Syndrome (CBS), characterised by the presence of complex
visual hallucinations in psychologically normal people, was considered for a long time to be …

Background Major depression is known to be related to higher cardiovascular mortality.
However, epidemiological data regarding dispositional optimism in relation to mortality are …

Context It has been hypothesized that depression is associated with lower heart rate
variability and decreased cardiac vagal control. This may play an important role in the risk of …