Journal article
Outcome of patients with chronic affective disorder: a five-year follow-up
The American journal of psychiatry, Vol.147(12), pp.1627-1633
12/1990
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.147.12.1627
PMID: 2244640
Abstract
Patients with major depression, mania, or schizo-affective disorder that had been present without remission for 2 years or more at intake (N = 129) were followed prospectively for 5 years, as were 580 patients who had been ill for shorter periods at intake. Despite very substantial durations of episode, three-quarters of the chronic patients recovered, although recovery occurred much later in the follow-up period than it did among the nonchronic patients. Factors associated with recovery were less severe illness at intake, lack of psychotic features, good friendship patterns in adolescence, and, most important, a relatively high maximum level of functioning in the 5 years preceding intake.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Outcome of patients with chronic affective disorder: a five-year follow-up
- Creators
- W Coryell - National Institute of Mental Health Collaborative Program, Psychobiology of Depression-Clinical Studies, Iowa City, IAJ EndicottM Keller
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The American journal of psychiatry, Vol.147(12), pp.1627-1633
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1176/ajp.147.12.1627
- PMID
- 2244640
- ISSN
- 0002-953X
- eISSN
- 1535-7228
- Grant note
- R01 MH025478 / NIMH NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/1990
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry
- Record Identifier
- 9984003413902771
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