1. Psychosocial correlates of clinical depression after psychiatric in-patient treatment: methodological issues and baseline differences between recovered and non-recovered patients.
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Veiel HO, Kühner C, Brill G, and Ihle W
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- Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, Depressive Disorder psychology, Family psychology, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Life Change Events, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Personality Assessment, Personality Development, Social Support, Depressive Disorder rehabilitation, Patient Discharge, Social Adjustment, Social Environment
- Abstract
General methodological and design issues in research on psychosocial outcome predictors of clinical depression are discussed, and the first stage of a study of discharged depressed in-patients is presented. It involved 115 recovered and 75 non-recovered such patients who were compared regarding stress factors, social support, personality and coping styles. While there were few differences between recovered and non-recovered patients with respect to stable personality traits, recovered patients were less likely to have had severe long-term life difficulties, and their coping style differed: it was characterized by more negative appraisals of stressful situations, greater problem avoidance, less palliative activities, and a lesser inclination to solicit social support. Whereas among women without partners, as well as men, non-recovery was also associated with less support from friends, in particular psychological-emotional support in crises, non-recovered women with partners had much more such support. The results are discussed with reference to the existing literature on outcome correlates of clinical depression.
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- 1992
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