The Psychiatric Consequences of Spontaneous Abortion

1989 ◽  
Vol 155 (6) ◽  
pp. 810-813 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trevor Friedman ◽  
Dennis Gath
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
General Population ◽  
Depressive Disorder ◽  
Spontaneous Abortion ◽  
Present State ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
History Of ◽  
State Examination

Sixty-seven women were interviewed four weeks after spontaneous abortion. As determined by the Present State Examination, 32 of these women were psychiatric cases. This rate is four times higher than in the general population of women. In each case the diagnosis was depressive disorder, a finding confirmed by scores on three depression rating scales. Many women showed typical features of grief. Depressive symptoms were significantly associated with a history of previous spontaneous abortion, and less so with childlessness.

scholarly journals Associations of Non-Alcoholic Beverages with Major Depressive Disorder History and Depressive Symptoms Clusters in a Sample of Overweight Adults

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 3202
Author(s):  
M. Ángeles Pérez-Ara ◽  
Margalida Gili ◽  
Marjolein Visser ◽  
Brenda W.J.H. Penninx ◽  
Ingeborg A. Brouwer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Major Depressive Disorder ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Depressive Disorder ◽  
Longitudinal Analysis ◽  
Soft Drinks ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Major Depressive ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
History Of ◽  
Overweight Adults

Background: Meta-analysis of observational studies concluded that soft drinks may increase the risk of depression, while high consumption of coffee and tea may reduce the risk. Objectives were to explore the associations between the consumption of soft drinks, coffee or tea and: (1) a history of major depressive disorder (MDD) and (2) the severity of depressive symptoms clusters (mood, cognitive and somatic/vegetative symptoms). Methods: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis based on baseline and 12-month-follow-up data collected from four countries participating in the European MooDFOOD prevention trial. In total, 941 overweight adults with subsyndromal depressive symptoms aged 18 to 75 years were analyzed. History of MDD, depressive symptoms and beverages intake were assessed. Results: Sugar-sweetened soft drinks were positively related to MDD history rates whereas soft drinks with non-nutritive sweeteners were inversely related for the high vs. low categories of intake. Longitudinal analysis showed no significant associations between beverages and mood, cognitive and somatic/vegetative clusters. Conclusion: Our findings point toward a relationship between soft drinks and past MDD diagnoses depending on how they are sweetened while we found no association with coffee and tea. No significant effects were found between any studied beverages and the depressive symptoms clusters in a sample of overweight adults.

Hysterectomy and Psychiatric Disorder: I. Levels of Psychiatric Morbidity before and after Hysterectomy

1982 ◽  
Vol 140 (4) ◽  
pp. 335-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis Gath ◽  
Peter Cooper ◽  
Ann Day
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Psychiatric Disorder ◽  
Social Functioning ◽  
Present State ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Psychiatric Morbidity ◽  
Long Duration ◽  
Before And After ◽  
State Examination

SummaryOne hundred and fifty-six women with menorrhagia of benign origin were interviewed before hysterectomy, and re-interviewed six months post-operatively (n = 147), and again 18 months post-operatively (n = 148). Levels of psychiatric morbidity were significantly higher before the operation than after. On the Present State Examination, 58 per cent of patients were psychiatric cases before surgery, as against 29 per cent at the 18-month follow-up. Similar post-operative improvements were found on measures of mood (POMS), and of psychosexual and social functioning. Most of these improvements had occurred within three to six months after the operation. Both before and after hysterectomy, levels of psychiatric morbidity were high by comparison with women in the general population, but lower than in psychiatric patients. The pre-operative psychiatric morbidity had been mainly of long duration.

Behavioural Observation Schedule (BOS), PIRS 2nd edition A revised edition of the PIRS (WHO, Geneva, March 1978)

1989 ◽  
Vol 155 (S7) ◽  
pp. 78-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zerrin Atakan ◽  
John E. Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Present State ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Psychotic Disorders ◽  
De Novo ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Ninth Edition ◽  
Observed Behaviour ◽  
And Function ◽  
State Examination ◽  
Current Behaviour

The Psychological Impairments Rating Schedule (PIRS) was originally designed by the WHO (Jablensky, 1978; see also Biehl et al this volume) and was used as a supplement to the Present State Examination (PSE) (Wing et al, 1974) in a number of collaborative WHO studies. It was mainly designed for assessing selected areas of psychological and behavioural impairments (or deficits) in patients who have suffered, or are suffering, from functional psychotic disorders. It comprised items and scales for rating observed behaviour and was filled in immediately or soon after a psychiatric or PSE interview. Raters were encouraged to take note of a subject's current behaviour and function both before and after the interview proper. The first two sections of PIRS included all behavioural items of PSE (ninth edition). Sections 18–20 as well as a number of items taken from other psychopathological rating scales and items formulated de novo.

scholarly journals Higher Negative Self-Reference Level in Patients With Personality Disorders and Suicide Attempt(s) History During Biological Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder: Clinical Implications

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Bulteau ◽  
Morgane Péré ◽  
Myriam Blanchin ◽  
Emmanuel Poulet ◽  
Jérôme Brunelin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Major Depressive Disorder ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Suicide Attempt ◽  
Depressive Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Past History ◽  
Major Depressive ◽  
Clinical Variables ◽  
History Of ◽  
Self Reference

Objective: The aim of the study was to identify clinical variables associated with changes in specific domains of self-reported depression during treatment by antidepressant and/or repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).Methods: Data from a trial involving 170 patients with MDD receiving either venlafaxine, rTMS or both were re-analyzed. Depressive symptoms were assessed each week during the 2 to 6 weeks of treatment with the 13-item Beck Depression Inventory (BDI13). Associations between depression changes on BDI13 domains (Negative Self-Reference, Sad Mood, and Performance Impairment), treatment arm, time, and clinical variables were tested in a mixed linear model.Results: A significant decrease of self-reported depressive symptoms was observed over time. The main characteristics associated with persistent higher depressive symptomatology on Negative Self-Reference domain of the BDI13 were personality disorders (+2.1 points), a past history of suicide attempt(s) (+1.7 points), age under 65 years old (+1.5 points), and female sex (+1.1 points).Conclusions: Early cognitive intervention targeting specifically negative self-referencing process could be considered during pharmacological or rTMS treatment for patients with personality disorders and past history of suicide attempt(s).

Quality of Life of Chinese Schizophrenia Outpatients in Hong Kong: Relationship to Sociodemographic Factors and Symptomatology

2007 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 442-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Tao Xiang ◽  
Yong-Zhen Weng ◽  
Chi-Ming Leung ◽  
Wai-Kwong Tang ◽  
Gabor S. Ungvari
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
General Population ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Normative Data ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
History Of ◽  
Dsm Iv

Objective: To explore the relationships between sociodemographic and clinical factors and quality of life (QOL) in a cohort of Chinese schizophrenia outpatients. Method:Two hundred subjects with a diagnosis of DSM-IV schizophrenia aged 18–60 years were randomly selected, and their sociodemographic and clinical characteristics including psychotic and depressive symptoms, extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS), and quality of life were assessed. Correlation and multiple regression analyses were used to evaluate the relationships of sociodemographic, clinical data and QOL. Results: Compared to normative data obtained for the general population in Hong Kong, significantly lower scores in physical, psychological, and social QOL domains were found in the patient group. History of suicidal attempts and the presence of positive, negative, depressive, anxiety and EPS symptoms were all significantly correlated with QOL in schizophrenia patients. After controlling for the effects of variables that were significantly correlated with QOL in the correlation analysis, however, only depressive symptoms were still significantly correlated with each QOL domain. Multiple regression analysis showed that depressive symptoms predicted all QOL domains, while positive symptoms predicted overall and physical QOL domains. Conclusions: Chinese outpatients with schizophrenia had poorer QOL than the general population. In this patient population, QOL was more strongly related to the severity of depressive symptoms and was independent of sociodemographic factors.

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