Marital adjustment in primary affective disorder.

摘要: Abstract The purpose of this paper is to study marital adjustment in patients with primary affective disorder. Evaluation social receiving increasing attention planning for treatment disorders. Studies demonstrating impairment depressed patients, both during and between acute episodes, as well the benefit psychotherapy improving adjustment, attract special interest. 1–3 A number instruments are currently available evaluation which, when applied affectively ill reveal difficulties several areas function. 1 One such area marriage relationship. We reported a previous that an outpatient population disorder percentage who had never married or been divorced separated was similar group psychiatrically-well controls. 5 However, work Weissman Paykel women indicates have more severe their relationships husbands than psychiatrically-cell controls matched age socioeconomic status. While these problems improve remission depressive symptoms, residual remain. undertook present study, which involves use instrument one used by Paykel, following questions mind: (1) Could we replicate previously findings women? (2) Do spouses answer differently patients? (3) male (4) Are there differences into diagnostic subtypes?