Long-term follow-up of depression in seasonal affective disorder
| Autor: | Kurt Kräuchi, Peter Graw, Anna Wirz-Justice, Dorothea Wunder, Hans-Joachim Haug, Georg Leonhardt |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Long term follow up lcsh:RC435-571 Disease Personality Assessment behavioral disciplines and activities Recurrence lcsh:Psychiatry mental disorders medicine Humans In patient Prospective Studies Prospective cohort study Psychiatry Depression (differential diagnoses) Aged Depressive Disorder Follow up studies Seasonal Affective Disorder Middle Aged Phototherapy Long-Term Care Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Chronic Disease Female Psychology Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Comprehensive Psychiatry, Vol 35, Iss 6, Pp 457-464 (1994) |
| Popis: | Twenty-six patients diagnosed as having seasonal affective disorder (SAD) completed weekly depression self-ratings for at least 2.5 and up to 8.25 years. Seasonal recurrence of depression persisted in nine patients, seven remitted, four were chronically depressed, and six showed a diffuse pattern. The age at SAD onset and duration of SAD history before entry into this prospective study could not be identified as predictors of the subsequent course of the disease. Short-lasting, recurrent periods of depression could be identified in many of the long-term records. They were found primarily in autumn and winter in patients with either a persistent seasonal or a remitted pattern. In the core group of patients with persistent seasonal pattern, the onset and offset of depressive periods (DPs) were more variable than the DSM-III-R 60-day window criterion for seasonal pattern allows. |
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