Life events, difficulties and recovery from chronic depression

Reductions in an overall score of ongoing difficulties and the occurrence of a 'fresh start' event often preceded the recovery or improvement of women in a general-population survey suffering from chronic depression, i.e. with episodes lasting 12 months or more. In addition, overall levels...

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Published in:	British journal of psychiatry Vol. 152; p. 487
Main Authors:	Brown, G W, Adler, Z, Bifulco, A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England 01-04-1988
Subjects:	Depressive Disorder - etiology Depressive Disorder - psychology Depressive Disorder - therapy Female Humans Life Change Events Prognosis Social Support Socioeconomic Factors Stress, Psychological
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Summary:	Reductions in an overall score of ongoing difficulties and the occurrence of a 'fresh start' event often preceded the recovery or improvement of women in a general-population survey suffering from chronic depression, i.e. with episodes lasting 12 months or more. In addition, overall levels of difficulties and presence of social support were independently related to recovery or improvement. Some of the life-changes preceding recovery were threatening, but all promised some hope of a better future. Evidence is presented that the results as a whole are unlikely to be due to incipient changes in clinical condition leading the women to make changes in their environment, but some bias of this kind cannot be entirely ruled out.
ISSN:	0007-1250
DOI:	10.1192/bjp.152.4.487