Depression is one of the most important causes of morbidity and disability in develo**
countries. 1 Zimbabwe, in common with other develo** nations, has absolute poverty …

Chronic fatigue syndrome is characterised by intense fatigue, with duration of over six
months and associated to other related symptoms. The latter include asthenia and easily …

Although the value of interdisciplinary collaboration between epidemiology and
anthropology is both widely acknowledged and hotly contested, effective international health …

The growing cultural pluralism of US society requires clinicians to examine the impact of
cultural factors on psychiatric illness, including on symptom presentation and help-seeking …

Objective: To report on the reliability of the Chinese-bilingual Structured Clinical Interview for
DSM-IV (Axis I, Patient version) Project (CB-SCID-I/P), stage 1:'Mood disorders' and …

Objective: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is characterized by profound, debilitating fatigue
and a combination of several other symptoms resulting in substantial reduction in …

This review addresses the prevalence of hypochondriasis and less restrictive subtypes of
hypochondriacal phenomena (abridged hypochondriasis and health anxiety). Altogether, 55 …

Background Chronic fatigue is common in the general population. Complementary therapies
are often used by patients with chronic fatigue or chronic fatigue syndrome to manage their …

Background This study aimed to investigate the reliability and validity of the Chinese version
of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-15) in a tertiary hospital. Methods Using a cross …

OBJECTIVE: The objective was to examine the reliability and validity of the Chinese 15-item
Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-15) in the general population of Hong Kong. METHODS …