Exploring depression in adults over a decade: a review of longitudinal studies DOI Creative Commons
Rute Dinis de Sousa,

Daniela Mariana Zagalo,

Teresa Costa

et al.

BMC Psychiatry, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 25(1)

Published: April 15, 2025

Depression, as a prevalent global mental health disorder, stands one of the main causes disability worldwide, imposing significant individual, societal, and economic burdens. While its heterogeneous nature is well recognized, growing evidence highlights importance understanding depression trajectories, which describe long-term course variability depressive symptoms over time. These trajectories are shaped by complex interplay biological, psychological, social factors. However, despite extensive research on depression's prevalence risk factors, comprehensive synthesis trajectory patterns, their determinants, implications remains limited. This review systematically examines existing literature in adults, identifying key influences such age, gender, socioeconomic status, early life experiences, support, physical health, lifestyle external stressors, including pandemics. By integrating findings from longitudinal epidemiological studies, this provides novel insights into bidirectional relationship between chronic conditions, underscoring need for holistic, trajectory-based approach to care. The have important clinical practice, public future research. Recognizing distinct patterns may facilitate earlier identification high-risk individuals, inform development personalized interventions, optimize allocation resources. Furthermore, elucidating interconnections broader establishes foundation advancing targeted, evidence-based interventions aimed at reducing burden depression, particularly among vulnerable populations.

Language: Английский

Exploring depression in adults over a decade: a review of longitudinal studies DOI Creative Commons
Rute Dinis de Sousa,

Daniela Mariana Zagalo,

Teresa Costa

et al.

BMC Psychiatry, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 25(1)

Published: April 15, 2025

Depression, as a prevalent global mental health disorder, stands one of the main causes disability worldwide, imposing significant individual, societal, and economic burdens. While its heterogeneous nature is well recognized, growing evidence highlights importance understanding depression trajectories, which describe long-term course variability depressive symptoms over time. These trajectories are shaped by complex interplay biological, psychological, social factors. However, despite extensive research on depression's prevalence risk factors, comprehensive synthesis trajectory patterns, their determinants, implications remains limited. This review systematically examines existing literature in adults, identifying key influences such age, gender, socioeconomic status, early life experiences, support, physical health, lifestyle external stressors, including pandemics. By integrating findings from longitudinal epidemiological studies, this provides novel insights into bidirectional relationship between chronic conditions, underscoring need for holistic, trajectory-based approach to care. The have important clinical practice, public future research. Recognizing distinct patterns may facilitate earlier identification high-risk individuals, inform development personalized interventions, optimize allocation resources. Furthermore, elucidating interconnections broader establishes foundation advancing targeted, evidence-based interventions aimed at reducing burden depression, particularly among vulnerable populations.

Language: Английский

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