Political change and course of affective psychoses: Berlin 1989-90.
In this study, the political change associated with the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 was examined as a shared life event for the population of West Berlin. Its influence on the course of affective psychoses was studied in 67 patients in long-term treatment. Recurrences from November 1989 to March 1990 were compared with the same period 1 year before. While patients with bipolar affective psychosis did not show a difference in recurrences between the two periods, patients with unipolar depression had a significantly better and those with schizoaffective psychosis a significantly worse course of illness after November 1989 than in the year before.
Bohlken
J
J
Department of Clinical Psychiatry, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
Priebe
S
S
D000341:Affective Disorders, Psychotic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D001604:Berlin / Q000453:epidemiology; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008016:Life Change Events; D008094:Lithium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011057:Politics; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D012922:Social Change
D002220:Carbamazepine; D008094:Lithium