Social Adjustment in Bipolar and Unipolar Single-Episode and Recurrently Depressed Inpatients

2000 ◽  
Vol 86 (3_part_2) ◽  
pp. 1123-1126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stella Dorz ◽  
Guido Magni ◽  
Sabrina Cognolato ◽  
Donatella Conforti ◽  
Antonio Luciano Fiorellini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Major Depression ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Single Episode ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Adjustment Scale

Social adjustment scores were compared using the Social Adjustment scale for 24 inpatients with single-episode major depression, 72 with recurrent major depression, and 28 with bipolar disorder. There were no differences between the three groups either in overall score or on single scales.

Social Adjustment in Bipolar and Unipolar Single-Episode and Recurrently Depressed Inpatients

2000 ◽  
Vol 86 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1123-1126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stella Dorz ◽  
Guido Magni ◽  
Sabrina Cognolato ◽  
Donatella Conforti ◽  
Antonio Luciano Fiorellini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Major Depression ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Single Episode ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Adjustment Scale

Social adjustment scores were compared using the Social Adjustment Scale for 24 inpatients with single-episode major depression, 72 with recurrent major depression, and 28 with bipolar disorder. There were no differences between the three groups either in overall score or on single scales.

scholarly journals Functional and Mood Outcomes in Bipolar Disorder Patients With and Without Substance Use Disorders Undergoing Psychotherapy

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Moot ◽  
Marie Crowe ◽  
Maree Inder ◽  
Kate Eggleston ◽  
Christopher Frampton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Functional Outcomes ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Adjunctive Treatment ◽  
Life Score ◽  
The Social ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Social Rhythm

Objectives: Research suggests that patients with co-morbid bipolar disorder (BD) and substance use disorder (SUD) have a poorer illness course and clinical outcome. The evidence is limited as SUD patients are often excluded from BD studies. In particular, evidence regarding long term outcomes from studies using psychotherapies as an adjunctive treatment is limited. We therefore examined data from two studies of Interpersonal Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT) for BD to determine whether lifetime or current SUD affected outcomes.Methods: Data were analyzed from two previous clinical trials of IPSRT for BD patients. Change in scores on the Social Adjustment Scale (SAS) from 0 to 78 weeks and cumulative mood scores from 0 to 78 weeks, measured using the Life Interval Follow-Up Evaluation (LIFE), were analyzed.Results: Of 122 patients (non-SUD n = 67, lifetime SUD but no current n = 43, current SUD n = 12), 79 received IPSRT and 43 received a comparison therapy—specialist supportive care—over 18 months. Lifetime SUD had a significant negative effect on change in SAS score but not LIFE score. There was no effect of current SUD on either change in score. Secondary analysis showed no correlation between symptom count and change in SAS total score or LIFE score.Conclusion: Current SUD has no impact on mood or functional outcomes, however, current SUD numbers were small, limiting conclusions. Lifetime SUD appears to be associated with impaired functional outcomes from psychotherapy. There is limited research on co-morbid BD and SUD patients undergoing psychotherapy.

scholarly journals KELEKATAN, HARGA DIRI DAN PENYESUAIAN SOSIAL PADA KORBAN PERUNDUNGAN

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Erin Ratna Kustanti
Keyword(s):  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Sense Of Security ◽  
The Social ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Bullying Victims ◽  
Victims Of Bullying ◽  
Social Adjustment Scale

This study aims to investigate the correlation of attachment and self-esteem to social adjustment on victims of bullying. Bullying victims encounter adverse effects that can prolong until adulthood. They also experience poor social adjustment. Good social adjustment associated with self-esteem. A warm and rewarding parenting practices facilitate high self-esteem. Emotional closeness creates strong bonds. Therefore attachment influences the formation of a sense of security for the survival of the child’s life in the future. The study population is students who were also bullying victims. The participants were 50 students that were identified using purposive sampling technique. The Social Adjustment Scale, the Attachment Scale, and the Self-Esteem Scale were used to collect data. The results of multiple regression analysis indicated that attachment and self-esteem predict social adjustment on victims of bullying  (F(2,47) = 5,576; p = 0,007; R2= 0,192). Partially, attachment predicts social adjustment on victims of bullying (F(1,48) = 5,201; p = 0,027; R2= 0,098) and self-esteem predicts social adjustment on victims of bullying (F(1,48) = 10,713; p = 0,002; R2= 0,182).

Social Adjustment of Remitted Bipolar and Unipolar Out-patients

1991 ◽  
Vol 159 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Bauwens ◽  
A. Tracy ◽  
D. Pardoen ◽  
M. Vander Elst ◽  
J. Mendlewicz
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Social Maladjustment ◽  
Residual Symptoms ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Bipolar Patients ◽  
Normal Controls ◽  
Social Adjustment Scale

Various areas of social adjustment were compared using the Social Adjustment Scale in 27 remitted bipolars, 24 remitted unipolars and 25 normal controls matched for age and sex. Scores for global adjustment and for social and leisure activities were significantly worse in patients than in controls. The maladjustment in social and leisure activities appeared only in ‘contact with friends' for bipolar patients and ‘diminished social interactions' for unipolar patients. Unipolar patients differed significantly from controls on the items investigating sexual adjustment. In unipolars, social maladjustment seemed to be independent of the course of the disease; in bipolars, it was partly related to the mean number of lifetime episodes and current residual symptoms.

Depression in Inpatients: Bipolar vs Unipolar

2003 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 1031-1039 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stella Dorz ◽  
Giuseppe Borgherini ◽  
Donatella Conforti ◽  
Caterina Scarso ◽  
Guido Magni
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Major Depression ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Social Impairment ◽  
Symptom Checklist ◽  
Bipolar Patients ◽  
Hamilton Rating Scale ◽  
Social Adjustment Scale

162 depressed inpatients were divided into three diagnostic groups to compare patterns of sociodemographic characteristics, psychopathology, and psychosocial: 35 had a single episode of major depression, 96 had recurrent major depression, and 31 had a bipolar disorder. Psychopathology and psychosocial functioning were measured by clinician-rated scales, Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, Clinical Global Impression, and self-rating scales, Symptom Checklist-90, Social Support Questionnaire, Social Adjustment Scale. The three groups were comparable on sociodemographic variables, with the exception of education. Univariate analyses showed a similar social impairment as measured by Social Support Questionnaire, Social Adjustment Scale, and no significant differences were recorded for the psychopathology when the total test scores (Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, Clinical Global Index, Symptom Checklist-90) were evaluated. Some differences emerged for single items in the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale and Symptom Checklist-90. These findings suggest a substantial similarity among the three groups. Results are discussed in terms of the clinical similarities between unipolar and bipolar patients during a depressive episode as well as the limitations of cross-sectional study implies.

Validation of the Portuguese version of the Social Adjustment Scale on Brazilian samples

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 167-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Gorenstein ◽  
R.A Moreno ◽  
M.A Bernik ◽  
S.C Carvalho ◽  
S Nicastri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Portuguese Version ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Adjustment Scale

Social adjustment and self-esteem in remitted patients with mood disorders

1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 137-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Serretti ◽  
MC Cavallini ◽  
F Macciardi ◽  
C Namia ◽  
L Franchini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mood Disorder ◽  
Mood Disorders ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Social Function ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Major Depressive ◽  
The Social ◽  
Depressive Episodes ◽  
Social Adjustment Scale

SummaryMood disorders are characterized by manic and depressive episodes alternating with normal mood. While social function is heavily impaired during episodes of illness, there are conflicting opinions about inter-episode function. The present paper focuses on self-esteem and social adjustment in remitted mood disorders patients.Patients with mood disorders (99 bipolar and 86 major depressive subjects, in remission) were compared with a group of 100 control subjects. The self-esteem scale (SES) and the social adjustment scale (SAS) were used to measure self-esteem and social adjustment, respectively, in both groups of subjects.Patients with mood disorder exhibited worse social adjustment and lower self-esteem than control subjects.These results strongly confirm previous observations of poor inter-episode function in patients with mood disorder.

scholarly journals Predictors and moderators of time to remission of major depression with interpersonal psychotherapy and SSRI pharmacotherapy

2010 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Frank ◽  
G. B. Cassano ◽  
P. Rucci ◽  
W. K. Thompson ◽  
H. C. Kraemer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Major Depression ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Unipolar Depression ◽  
Interpersonal Psychotherapy ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Medical Centers ◽  
Academic Medical ◽  
The Social ◽  
Psychomotor Activation

BackgroundAlthough many studies suggest that, on average, depression-specific psychotherapy and antidepressant pharmacotherapy are efficacious, we know relatively little about which patients are more likely to respond to one versus the other. We sought to determine whether measures of spectrum psychopathology are useful in deciding which patients with unipolar depression should receive pharmacotherapy versus depression-specific psychotherapy.MethodA total of 318 adult out-patients with major depression were randomly assigned to escitalopram pharmacotherapy or interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) at academic medical centers at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Pisa, Italy. Our main focus was on predictors and moderators of time to remission on monotherapy at 12 weeks.ResultsParticipants with higher scores on the need for medical reassurance factor of the Panic–Agoraphobic Spectrum Self-Report (PAS-SR) had more rapid remission with IPT and those with lower scores on the psychomotor activation factor of the Mood Spectrum Self-Report (MOODS-SR) experienced more rapid remission with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) pharmacotherapy. Non-specific predictors of longer time to remission with monotherapy included several panic spectrum and mood spectrum factors and the Social Phobia Spectrum (SHY) total score. Higher baseline scores on the 17- and 25-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scales (HAMD-17 and HAMD-25) and the Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS) also predicted a longer time to remission, whereas being married predicted a shorter time to remission.ConclusionsThis exploratory study identified several non-specific predictors but few moderators of psychotherapy versus pharmacotherapy outcome. It offers useful indicators of the characteristics of patients that are generally difficult to treat, but only limited guidance as to who benefits from IPT versus SSRI pharmacotherapy.

scholarly journals Psychodramatic psychotherapy combined with pharmacotherapy in major depressive disorder: an open and naturalistic study

2006 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-43
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Maria Sene Costa ◽  
Rosilda Antonio ◽  
Márcia Britto de Macedo Soares ◽  
Ricardo Alberto Moreno
Keyword(s):  
Major Depressive Disorder ◽  
Depressive Disorder ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Hamilton Depression Scale ◽  
Major Depressive ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Adjustment Scale

OBJETIVE: Recent literature has highlighted the role of psychotherapy in the treatment of major depressive disorder. Combined therapies comprising both psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy have presented the best results. Although several kinds of psychotherapies have been studied in the treatment of depressive disorders, there remains a lack of data on psychodramatic psychotherapy in the treatment of major depressive disorder. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of psychodramatic psychotherapy (in a sample of major depressive disorder patients. METHOD: This is an open, naturalistic, controlled, non-randomized study. Twenty major depressive disorder patients (according to the DSM-IV criteria), under pharmacological treatment for depression, with Hamilton Depression Scale total scores between 7 and 20 (mild to moderate depression), were divided into two groups. Patients in the psychotherapeutic group took part in 4 individual and 24 structured psychodramatic group sessions, whilst subjects in the control group did not participate in this psychodramatic psychotherapy. Both groups were evaluated with the Social Adjustment Scale - Self Report and the Hamilton Depression Scale. RESULTS: Psychotherapeutic group patients showed a significant improvement according to the Social Adjustment Scale - Self Report and the Hamilton Depression Scale scores at endpoint, compared to those of the control group. CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest that individual and group psychodramatic psychotherapy, associated to pharmacological treatment, provides good clinical benefits in the treatment of major depressive disorder.

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