Depression information gathering

An episode of bipolar depression is virtually indistinguishable from that of unipolar depression. The key is to gather a careful history of the patient s premorbid functioning, earlier episodes of illness, and family psychiatric illness. This information should be gathered from the patient, as well as family members and friends. Previous episodes of full-blown mania seldom go unreported however, prior hypo-manic episodes are often unrecognized not only by the patient but by friends and family as well. One should inquire about periods of decreased need for sleep (as... 

Former users of finasteride (n=61) with persistent sexual side effects for over 3 months were administered standardised interviews that gathered demographic information, medical and psychiatric histories and information on medication use, sexual function, and alcohol consumption [24. All former users were otherwise healthy men not suffering from any of the pre-said conditions or users of oral prescription medications before or during finasteride use. A control group of 29 men, selected from the community, had male pattern hair loss but had never used finasteride and denied any history of psychiatric conditions or use of psychiatric medications. The primary outcomes were the prevalence of depressive symptoms and the prevalence of suicidal thoughts as determined by the Beck Depression Inventory II all subjects self-administered the questionnaire at tire time of the interview or up to 10 months later. 

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