Depression, anxiety and quality of life: outcome 9 months after facial cosmetic surgery.

Objective: The request for cosmetic surgery is of a psychological nature. Very few studies have quantitatively assessed whether or not this psychological need was actually satisfied, and more precisely, which psychic components were satisfied.

Material And Methods: This is a multicentric, prospective cohort study.

Depression, anxiety and quality of life among scheduled cosmetic surgery patients: multicentre prospective study.

Objective: To measure cosmetic surgery patients' state of psychological vulnerability. Method: A multicentre prospective study was carried out in three hospital departments. One hundred and three patients scheduled for cosmetic surgery were examined using a structured interview and using three assessment scales: the MADRS (Montgomery and Asberg Depression Rating Scale), the SISST (Social Interaction Self Statement Test) and the EQ-5D (EuroQol) which measures quality of life.

[The concepts of asthenia and fatigue].

Fatigue is one of the most common complaint of medicine and a very usual manner of communication between people. We must avoid to offer any reductionism. Fatigue is often related with physical and psychological symptoms.

[Multicenter double-blind study comparing the efficacy and tolerance of paroxetine and clomipramine in reactive depression in the elderly patient].

This multi-centre, double-blind study, carried out in France, was designed to compare the efficacy and tolerability of paroxetine and clomipramine in elderly patients, aged 60 or above, with reactive depression according to Feighner's criteria. Patients were randomly allocated to treatment with either paroxetine (20 mg o.d.