Open AccessDATA FOR REVIEW OF LITERATURE ON THE MODERN STATUS OF STUDYING DEPRESSION AND SUICID IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES (on gender, age and geographical features)
Author(s) -
Viktoriya Vovk
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
lìkarsʹka sprava/lìkarsʹka sprava
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2706-8803
pISSN - 1019-5297
DOI - 10.31640/jvd.1-2.2018(04
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , depressive symptoms , rural area , population , psychology , demography , psychiatry , gerontology , medicine , environmental health , sociology , anxiety , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
The article gives a review of the literature studying suicide and causing him depressive disorders in different countries of the world. Studies conducted among different population groups living in different areas (rural and urban), studied adolescents, the elderly people, the older population. It is shown that depression are of great medical and social importance. Statistically more often depressive disorders and suicidal tendencies are detected in women of all age groups. Highlights stressful factors leading to the development of depressive disorders in rural areas.