Physiological, psychological and situational stresses in depression during the climacteric.
The present study examined the characteristics and circumstances which distinguished between groups of depressed and non-depressed menopausal women: 20 women were studied overall. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) was used to assess depression levels, while the administration and content analysis of a semistructured interview provided information regarding the presence or absence of stress across a number of variables. While the depressed group were not found to differ significantly from the non-depressed group in terms of stress due to physical symptomatology, they did differ on a number of the psychological and social stress variables, and showed a significantly greater combination of stresses compared with the non-depressed group. Some recommendations concerning management are made.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002979:Climacteric; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013315:Stress, Psychological