title: Predicting the posttreatment depressive state of an alcoholic patient.
abstract: Seventy-eight patients admitted to an alcohol treatment program were studied to identify variables capable of forecasting a patient's posttreatment depressive state. Factor analysis reduced a large number of items to 12 factors. Pearson correlations showed that Factor VII--Physical and Neurological Complaints and the pretreatment depressive state were both significantly (p = .002) correlated to the posttreatment depressive state. Multiple regression yielded a significant equation (p = .001) confirming that an alcoholic patient who has a high level of pretreatment depression and physical/neurological complaints, and who exhibits little or no irritability or agitation will tend to sustain a high level of posttreatment depression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange 92668.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Heh
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Overall
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kaufman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010556:Personality Tests; D012307:Risk Factors; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol