Why the study?
What factors are associated with psychiatric outcomes in general practice patients with minor affective disorder?
Population
87 patients presenting in general practice with new episodes of minor affective disorder
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
7 months
Authors
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Initial psychiatric and social functioning may guide prognosis in minor affective disorder; leaves open the influence of life events in observational data.
What factors are associated with psychiatric outcomes in general practice patients with minor affective disorder?
In general practice patients with minor affective disorder, poor psychiatric outcomes at 7 months are associated with worse initial psychiatric and social functioning rather than life events.
Catalán et al. (1984) studied this question.
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