Health Sciences 3624A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Suicidal Ideation, Rheumatology

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 3624A/B
• Professor: Marnie Wedlake

Document Summary

Knight, a. , weiss, p. , morales, k. , gerdes, m. , gutstein, a. , vicker, m. , & keren, r. (2014). Depression and anxiety and their association with healthcare utilization in pediatric. Lupus and mixed connective tissue disease patients: a cross-sectional study. Pediatric rheumatology, 12(42). doi: 10. 1186/1546-0096-12-42 (knight, weiss, et al. , 2014) Disease onset for sle usually occurs in early adolescence. This is a crucial time for psychosocial development of self-identity and dependence. There is a high prevalence of depression in pediatric patients with sle - however, less studies have studied anxiety. Depression and anxiety have been shown to lead to poorer quality of life, disease control, school performance. This study aimed to characterize: the prevalence of depression and anxiety in pediatric sle and mctd patients compared to healthy children and adolescents (pp. 2: the association of depression and anxiety with annual outpatient visits, hospitalizations, and telephone consultations to rheumatology/nephrology providers for.