PMID- 10628890
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20000421
LR  - 20190905
IS  - 0165-0327 (Print)
IS  - 0165-0327 (Linking)
VI  - 55
IP  - 2-3
DP  - 1999 Oct
TI  - Predictors of persistent social impairment among recovered depressed outpatients.
PG  - 215-9
AB  - BACKGROUND: Though the social functioning of most depressed outpatients improves 
      with effective treatment, a subgroup may remain impaired after recovering from 
      depression. The purpose of this study was to identify predictors of residual 
      social impairment among patients who recovered from depression. METHODS: These 
      data were obtained from the Treatment of Depression Collaborative Research 
      Program (TDCPR) public access tape. The TDCPR tested the relative efficacy of two 
      psychotehrapies, imipramine, and placebo in major depression. Patients received 
      follow-up assessments after completing the clinical trial. The following 
      assessment instruments were used to assess predictor variables: Social Adjustment 
      Scale II, Personality Assessment Form (PAF), Longitudinal Interval Follow-up 
      Events (LIFE), and the Schedule for Affective Disorders (SADS). RESULTS: 
      Recovered patients who were socially impaired at the end of treatment and six 
      months later, had a higher rate of Intermittent Depression, and reported greater 
      malfunctioning during adolescence than recovered patients whose functioning was 
      unimpaired after treatment and at follow-up. The rates of personality disorders 
      were not significantly different between these groups. LIMITATIONS: These 
      analyses were performed post-hoc and the sample size was small. CONCLUSIONS: A 
      chronic course of depression predicted persistent social maladjustment among 
      patients who recovered from depression for 6 months.
FAU - Agosti, V
AU  - Agosti V
AD  - New York State Psychiatric Institute and the Department of Psychiatry, Columbia 
      University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York 10032, USA. 
      agostiv@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - J Affect Disord
JT  - Journal of affective disorders
JID - 7906073
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Depressive Disorder/complications/drug therapy/*psychology
MH  - Family Relations
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Predictive Value of Tests
MH  - Prognosis
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
MH  - *Social Behavior
EDAT- 2000/01/11 09:00
MHDA- 2000/04/29 09:00
CRDT- 2000/01/11 09:00
PHST- 2000/01/11 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2000/04/29 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2000/01/11 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0165-0327(98)00200-6 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0165-0327(98)00200-6 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Affect Disord. 1999 Oct;55(2-3):215-9. doi: 10.1016/s0165-0327(98)00200-6.