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Sadness

MedGen UID:
760721
•Concept ID:
C3536794
•
Mental Process
Synonym: Unhappiness
 
HPO: HP:5200273

Definition

Intense or excessive feelings of unhappiness are often characterized by feeling down, low, unhappy, or sorrowful. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVSadness

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Patient-centred approaches for the management of unpleasant symptoms in kidney disease.
Kalantar-Zadeh K, Lockwood MB, Rhee CM, Tantisattamo E, Andreoli S, Balducci A, Laffin P, Harris T, Knight R, Kumaraswami L, Liakopoulos V, Lui SF, Kumar S, Ng M, Saadi G, Ulasi I, Tong A, Li PK
Nat Rev Nephrol 2022 Mar;18(3):185-198. Epub 2022 Jan 3 doi: 10.1038/s41581-021-00518-z. PMID: 34980890
Symptoms in Children Receiving Treatment for Cancer-Part II: Pain, Sadness, and Symptom Clusters.
Linder LA, Hooke MC
J Pediatr Oncol Nurs 2019 Jul/Aug;36(4):262-279. doi: 10.1177/1043454219849578. PMID: 31307323Free PMC Article
Depression in the Primary Care Setting.
Park LT, Zarate CA Jr
N Engl J Med 2019 Feb 7;380(6):559-568. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcp1712493. PMID: 30726688Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

The global prevalence of major depressive disorder (MDD) among the elderly: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Abdoli N, Salari N, Darvishi N, Jafarpour S, Solaymani M, Mohammadi M, Shohaimi S
Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2022 Jan;132:1067-1073. Epub 2021 Nov 4 doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.10.041. PMID: 34742925
Emotion Recognition and Traumatic Brain Injury: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Murphy JM, Bennett JM, de la Piedad Garcia X, Willis ML
Neuropsychol Rev 2022 Sep;32(3):520-536. Epub 2021 Jun 15 doi: 10.1007/s11065-021-09510-7. PMID: 34131885
The Role of Iron and Zinc in the Treatment of ADHD among Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials.
Granero R, Pardo-Garrido A, Carpio-Toro IL, Ramírez-Coronel AA, Martínez-Suárez PC, Reivan-Ortiz GG
Nutrients 2021 Nov 13;13(11) doi: 10.3390/nu13114059. PMID: 34836314Free PMC Article
Symptom clusters experienced by breast cancer patients at various treatment stages: A systematic review.
So WKW, Law BMH, Ng MSN, He X, Chan DNS, Chan CWH, McCarthy AL
Cancer Med 2021 Apr;10(8):2531-2565. Epub 2021 Mar 21 doi: 10.1002/cam4.3794. PMID: 33749151Free PMC Article
Physical Activity and the Occurrence of Postnatal Depression-A Systematic Review.
Kołomańska-Bogucka D, Mazur-Bialy AI
Medicina (Kaunas) 2019 Sep 2;55(9) doi: 10.3390/medicina55090560. PMID: 31480778Free PMC Article

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