The depressine Syndrome: a follow-up study of 130 professionals working overseas.
A four-year follow-up of professional personnel who had been working overseas indicates that the depressive syndrome was the most common diagnosable psychiatric illness in this population. The study also shows that in this content the syndrome had a good prognosis. It therefore seems reasonable not to exclude persons with diagnosable depression from assignment abroad but, rather, to identify the syndrome and recommend necessary treatment.
D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa; D000367:Age Factors; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000235:genetics; D001208:Asia; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006077:Government Agencies; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007843:Latin America; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged; D009790:Occupations; D008921:Religious Missions; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012737:Sex Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States / Q000208:ethnology