Depression in general practice
- 1 August 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 141 (3), 154-158
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1984.tb113062.x
Abstract
The nature and course of depressive disorders in a group of general practice patients were assessed by screening 564 subjects who attended representative practices in Sydney by means of a self‐report depression inventory. Of these, 25% of women and 17% of men reported significant depressive symptoms. An interview was sought with these “potential depressives” to determine, in particular, the extent to which they might be considered to have a psychiatric disorder, using the PSE case‐finding procedure. Of those interviewed, 83% scored as psychiatric “cases”, while the mean duration of their depression was nine months. A longitudinal component to the study suggested that the mental condition of the sample had improved minimally at six weeks' and at 20 weeks' follow‐up assessments.Keywords
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