Marital Support and Recovery from Depression

Goering, Paula; Lancee, William J.; Freeman, S. J. J.

doi:10.1192/bjp.160.1.76

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“…Several studies have shown that the different forms of depression lead to a decrease in work and occupational activities, a fact due to a reduction in daily activities (23,26). Goering et al (29) reported high dissatisfaction of depressed women with sexual relationships. The present data confirm these findings and suggest that this is the area most affected by mood disorders.…”

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confidence: 98%

Social disability of Brazilian mood disorder patients

Tucci

Kerr-Corrêa

Dias

2004

Braz J Med Biol Res

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Mood disorders cause many social problems, often involving family relationships. Few studies are available in the literature comparing patients with bipolar, unipolar, dysthymic, and double depressive disorders concerning these aspects. In the present study, demographic and disease data were collected using a specifically prepared questionnaire. Social adjustment was assessed using the Disability Adjustment Scale and family relationships were evaluated using the Global Assessment of Relational Functioning Scale. One hundred patients under treatment for at least 6 months were evaluated at the Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic of the Botucatu School of Medicine, UNESP. Most patients were women (82%) more than 50 (49%) years old with at least two years of follow-up, with little schooling (62% had less than 4 years), and of low socioeconomic level. Logistic regression analysis showed that a diagnosis of unipolar disorder (P = 0.003, OR = 0.075, CI = 0.014-0.403) and dysthymia (P = 0.001, OR = 0.040, CI = 0.006-0.275) as well as family relationships (P = 0.002, OR = 0.953, CI = 0914-0.992) played a significant role in social adjustment. Unipolar and dysthymic patients presented better social adjustment than bipolar and double depressive patients (P < 0.001), results that were not due to social class. These patients, treated at a teaching hospital, may represent the severest mood disorder cases. Evaluations were made knowing the diagnosis of the patients, which might also have influenced some of the results. Social disabilities among mood disorder patients are very frequent and intensive.

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Social disability of Brazilian mood disorder patients

Tucci

Kerr-Corrêa

Dias

2004

Braz J Med Biol Res

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“…showed little change and greatest residual impair ment [33]. Residual social maladjustment was subse quently reported by other investigators [28,30,34] and was found to correlate with long-term outcome [34]. Simi larly, dysfunctional attitudes and attributions were found to persist after recovery, despite clinical and cognitive improvement [35][36][37], These cognitive patterns were pos itively correlated with vulnerability to persistent depres sion or relapse [36.…”

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The Concept of Recovery in Affective Disorders

Fava¹

1996

Psychother Psychosom

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“…The best predictor, however, was a single item measure of perceived criticism from the spouse. Goering et al (1992) did not find that the partner's EE predicted recovery from depression, but rather that recovery was related to high levels of marital criticism and dissatisfaction on the clients part. In a study of unipolar and bipolar patients, Okasha et al (1994) required patients to be remitted at the time of the initial interview and interviewed all adult members of the family, not just spouses.…”

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