ReviewAnnual review of public health2013
The epidemiology of depression across cultures.
Review in Annual review of public health, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 1,066 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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1,066 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 2,667 citations in OpenAlex.
- Aberrations in Peripheral Blood Neuron-Specific Enolase Levels in Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Depression and anxiety · 2026Pooled it
- Contemporary in vivo rodent electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) models in translational depression research: a systematic review.Translational psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Altered Cytokine Levels in the First Episode of Major Depression and in Antidepressant-Naïve Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence and Associated Factors of Chronic Depression Among Older Adults: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Genetic correlation and causal relationships between autoimmune thyroid disease and major depressive disorders.Acta neuropsychiatrica · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of each class of sleep medication for major depressive disorder with insomnia symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis of double-blind randomized controlled trials.Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of technology-supported mindfulness-based interventions for maternal depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis with implementation perspectives for resource-limited settings.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Pooled it
- The association between cannabis and depression: an updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Psychological medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Association of reallocating time between physical activity and sedentary behavior on the risk of depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Beyond the label "major depressive disorder"-detailed characterization of study population matters for EEG-biomarker research.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Pooled it
- Subjective Cognitive Dysfunction in Chronic Illness: A Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis.Western journal of nursing research · 2024Pooled it
- Objectively measured cognitive function in insomnia patients with and without comorbid depression treated with cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia.BMC psychiatry · 2025Trial
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- Geographical distance predicts psychiatric treatment retention for Hispanic women with comorbid major depression and breast cancer.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2024Trial
- Residential road traffic noise and incidence of depression in Denmark: a nationwide cohort study.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2026Article
- Genetics of major depressive disorder in a homogeneous population with uniform phenotyping.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Article
- Theta burst stimulation with 80 and 120% resting motor threshold do not differ in their antidepressant efficacy: a retrospective analysis.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2026Article
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- Examining the Contribution of Childhood Maltreatment to the Sex Gap in Depression: Insights from the German National Cohort (NAKO).Psychotherapy and psychosomatics · 2026Article
- Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms and Dissociation in Emergency Medical Service Personnel.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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Abstract
Epidemiological data are reviewed on the prevalence, course, socio-demographic correlates, and societal costs of major depression throughout the world. Major depression is estimated in these surveys to be a commonly occurring disorder. Although estimates of lifetime prevalence and course vary substantially across countries for reasons that could involve both substantive and methodological processes, the cross-national data are clear in documenting meaningful lifetime prevalence with wide variation in age-of-onset and high risk of lifelong chronic-recurrent persistence. A number of sociodemographic correlates of major depression are found consistently across countries, and cross-national data also document associations with numerous adverse outcomes, including difficulties in role transitions (e.g., low education, high teen childbearing, marital disruption, unstable employment), reduced role functioning (e.g., low marital quality, low work performance, low earnings), elevated risk of onset, persistence and severity of a wide range of secondary disorders, and increased risk of early mortality due to physical disorders and suicide.
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