TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Preface A1 - Barsky, Arthur J. A1 - Silbersweig, David A. A1 - Boland, Robert J. PY - 2016 T2 - Depression in Medical Illness AB - As our knowledge expands and our understanding evolves, we have come to appreciate a confluence between what were previously thought to be independent entities: depression and major medical illness. The associations between depression and medical illness are more intimate and more extensive than previously appreciated. We are beginning to see how the disease processes that overtake the body also affect the brain, and conversely how brain disorders like depression can affect medical illnesses. Depression influences the occurrence, presentation, course, and outcome of many medical illnesses, and conversely, comorbid medical illnesses can affect the onset, presentation, course, and outcome of depression. We owe this enhanced understanding to recent advances in scientific methods, to more precise clinical observation, and to greater diagnostic precision. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/25 UR - neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1138124062 ER -