Journal article
Psycho-Social Predictors of Chronicity in Depressed Patients
British journal of psychiatry, Vol.148(6), pp.648-654
06/1986
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.148.6.648
PMID: 3779243
Abstract
Nineteen patients with an episode of major depressive disorder who did not recover within two years of prospective follow-up were compared with an equal number who recovered within a year of the initial evaluation and remained well through the two-year follow-up date. The groups were individually matched for age, sex, primary/secondary status, and prior duration of episode. The only psycho-social variable that predicted chronicity was increased neuroticism on self-report personality inventories administered during the index evaluation. Early loss, recent life events, and recent social supports were not predictive of outcome.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Psycho-Social Predictors of Chronicity in Depressed Patients
- Creators
- R. M. A Hirschfeld - Affective and Anxiety Disorders Research Branch, Division of Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, Maryland 20857, USAG. L Klerman - Cornell University Medical College, New York, N. Y., USAN. C Andreasen - College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USAP. J Clayton - Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, University Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USAM. B Keller - Harvard Medical School and Director of General Psychiatry Practice, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- British journal of psychiatry, Vol.148(6), pp.648-654
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press; Cambridge, UK
- DOI
- 10.1192/bjp.148.6.648
- PMID
- 3779243
- ISSN
- 0007-1250
- eISSN
- 1472-1465
- Number of pages
- 7
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/1986
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984004083902771
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