Depression Annotated Bibliography Essay

Depression: An Annotated Bibliography

Glassman, A.H. and P.A. Shapiro, Depression and the course of coronary artery disease. Depression, 1998. 155(1) The study summarizes the recent findings in relationship between depression and death. Many earlier studies seem to have pointed out the connection between depression and cigarette smoking. The study mainly discusses depression and ischemic heart disease. Initially, it discuss about a study conducted between communities with its clinical populations. Next, it discusses about the confounding effect of cardiac risk factors. It further discusses examining cardiac patients rather than healthy individuals to find out the relationship between depression and Coronary Artery disease. The study also discusses several other issues before concluding the controversies with depression and mortality. This information is going to be useful in my research paper because I intend on explaining the relationship between depression and its physical effects on the body.

Hamilton, M., A rating scale for depression. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, 1960. 23(1): p. 56. This article describes the rating scales for depression and why Hamilton Rating Scales were once the “gold standard” in assessing depression. It explains several scales

Test participants were utilized to check most the common symptoms on a number of items. Parametric statistical methods were used to construct the rating scale. The reliability and the sensitivity of the scales were checked using sensitivity analysis. The study identified that user-friendliness, easiness are the major factors for a good rating scale. The scale represents a highly reliable tool that can be used with minimal effort in calculating depression. This information was interesting and I think it will be useful for my paper in discussing tools and solutions for