Lemperiere T, Ferrand I, Ades J
Encephale. 1981;7(4 Suppl):543-50.
Depression constitutes a major health problem. Its prevalence in any one year is about 3 per cent of the general population. Most depressed patients are seen by general practitioners, and represent approximately 10 to 18 per cent of their patients. Depression should be present in about 20 per cent of the inpatients in general medicine departments. Depression and organic pathology are very often associated, thus leading to diagnosis mistakes and delays in medical care. Depressions masked by somatic symptoms frequently provoked such mistakes. Depressions occurring during and after medical illnesses, and more specifically chronic illnesses, are often completely neglected. These depressions hinder the patient's readaptation and impair his recovery although they would, in the majority of cases, be accessible to chemotherapeutic and/or psychotherapeutic treatment.
抑郁症是一个主要的健康问题。其在任何一年中的患病率约为普通人群的3%。大多数抑郁症患者由全科医生诊治，约占其患者的10%至18%。综合内科住院患者中约20%患有抑郁症。抑郁症与器质性病变常常相关，从而导致诊断错误和医疗延误。由躯体症状掩盖的抑郁症经常引发此类错误。在医疗疾病期间及之后，尤其是慢性病期间发生的抑郁症往往被完全忽视。这些抑郁症阻碍患者重新适应并损害其康复，尽管在大多数情况下，它们可以接受化疗和/或心理治疗。
