Clinical characteristics associated with interpersonal depression: symptoms, course and treatment response.
A range of theories, including environmental, personality and cognitive theories, have suggested that loss may be a particularly critical form of stress in the etiology and expression of depression. The current study examines whether interpersonal depression predicted a unique clinical presentation and course in subjects with major depression. Subjects who became depressed following a severe interpersonal event were contrasted with two control groups: patients without antecedent stressors and patients with major non-interpersonal stressors. The hypothesized interpersonal subgroup was differentiated from the control groups only in the speed of treatment response. Proposals for future research are discussed.
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Butler Hospital/Brown University, Providence, RI.
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D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001601:Bereavement; D015986:Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D016896:Treatment Outcome