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Physical diseases increase risk of being hospitalized with depression – News-Medical.net
Patients with a first-time depression diagnosis have an increased risk of the disease worsening and requiring hospitalization, if they have previously been treated for a physical disease at a hospital.
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Sep 16 2020
Patients with a first-time depression diagnosis have an increased risk of the disease worsening and requiring hospitalization, if they have previously been treated for a physical disease at a hospital. This is shown by research from iPSYCH.
The risk of being hospitalized with depression is increased if the patient has multiple physical diseases. Research findings from the national psychiatry project iPSYCH show that the risk was increased by up to …
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