What is it about?
This study examined patterns of depressive symptoms experienced by acutely depressed inpatients, previously hospitalized depressed outpatients, and depressed outpatients who had never been hospitalized for depression. The groups’ symptom pro les were compared to determine whether the 21 major depressive symptoms measured by the Beck Depression Inventory were similar or different for the three groups. The groups differed signi cantly on ve depressive symptoms that are classi ed as affective/ cognitive symptoms (sadness, guilt, self-blame, indecisiveness, suicidal ideas) and one that is considered a somatic/vegetative symptom of depression (anorexia). Thus, commonly used diagnostic criteria may not re ect the full range or temporal patterning of symptoms experienced by depressed persons at varying levels of acuity or severity and in different treatment settings.
Featured Image
Why is it important?
This study examined patterns of depressive symptoms experienced by acutely depressed inpatients, previously hospitalized depressed outpatients, and depressed outpatients who had never been hospitalized for depression. The groups’ symptom pro les were compared to determine whether the 21 major depressive symptoms measured by the Beck Depression Inventory were similar or different for the three groups. The groups differed signi cantly on ve depressive symptoms that are classi ed as affective/ cognitive symptoms (sadness, guilt, self-blame, indecisiveness, suicidal ideas) and one that is considered a somatic/vegetative symptom of depression (anorexia). Thus, commonly used diagnostic criteria may not re ect the full range or temporal patterning of symptoms experienced by depressed persons at varying levels of acuity or severity and in different treatment settings.
Perspectives
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: PATTERNS OF DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN THREE GROUPS OF DEPRESSED ADULTS, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, January 2000, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/01612840050207626.
You can read the full text:
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page