Residual symptoms and social functioning over six-months in recovered outpatients with chronic depression

被引：7

作者：

Agosti, V ^{[1
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机构：

[1] Inst Psychiat, New York, NY 10032 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS | 1999年 / 52卷 / 1-3期

关键词：

social functioning; chronic depression; recovery;

D O I：

10.1016/S0165-0327(98)00041-X

中图分类号：

R74 [神经病学与精神病学];

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摘要：

Background: Scant data exists regarding the global mental health of recovered chronically depressed outpatients. The purpose of this study was to compare the symptoms and functioning of these patients to those found in a normal control group (NCG). Methods: Social functioning was assessed by the Social Adjustment Scale interview. Symptoms were measured with the Symptom Check List-90. Results: The overall social functioning of recovered females was more impaired than a NCG. Recovered males and females had more psychiatric symptoms than a NCG. Limitations: The two samples were not demographically similar. Conclusions: Though the differences in social functioning and symptoms between the recovered patients and NCG's were statistically significant, they were not clinically meaningful. In general, recovered females had a relatively robust level of mental health. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：251 / 255

页数：5

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