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News: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is the second leading cause of disability worldwide and a major contributor to the burden of suicide and ischemic heart disease, a new study indicates. The 1990 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study ranked depression as the fourth leading cause of disease burden worldwide after lower respiratory infections, diarrheal diseases, and conditions arising during the perinatal period. In the 2000 GBD study, depressive disorders were the third leading cause of disease burden behind lower respiratory infections and diarrheal diseases. Depressive disorders now rank second in terms of global disability burden, according to the 2010 GBD study. Source: PLoS Medicine November 5 Online.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 09:40:23 +0000

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