Clinical and personality correlates of outcome in depressive disorders in a Turkish sample

Uluşahin, Aylin; Uluğ, Berna

doi:10.1016/s0165-0327(96)00099-7

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“…Of the 476 followed-up patients, 308 (64.7%) were cured without relapse, 117 (24.6%) developed a chronic disorder, and 51 (10.7%) had an early relapse after initial improvement. The high rate of recovery without relapse observed in our study is not consistent with results reported from several other naturalistic studies (18)(19)(20)(21), which found a probability of recovery at about 50% within a single year. These discrepancies between studies can, to some extent, be attributed to methodological and population differences, especially the length of the follow-up periods and the type of populations studied (that is, inpatients or outpatients).…”

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The Course of Depressive Illness in General Practice

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Zylberman-Bouhassira³

et al. 2004

Can J Psychiatry

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The Course of Depressive Illness in General Practice

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Can J Psychiatry

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“…In the multiple regression model, high neuroticism and low extraversion best explained depressive symptoms, even after adjusting for age, gender, education, and anxiety symptoms. These findings are in accord with previous studies in clinical [Kendell and DiScipio, 1968;Ulusahin and Ulug, 1997] and nonclinical settings [Hepburn and Eysenck, 1989;Saklofske et al, 1995;Williams, 1990], in patients and healthy controls [Farmer et al, 2002;Hirschfeld et al, 1983], and among the general population [Bienvenu et al, 2004]. Symptoms of anxiety, measured by the BAI, were also associated with both neuroticism and extraversion.…”

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“…The associations between depression and the dimensions of extraversion and neuroticism have been assessed in various studies in students [Clarke, 2004;Hepburn and Eysenck, 1989;McCleery and Goodwin, 2001;Saklofske et al, 1995;Williams, 1990], in family members of patients with depression [Duggan et al, 1995;Katz and McGuffin, 1987], in twins [Kendler et al, 1993b], in other nonclinical settings [Boyce et al, 1991;Christie and Venables, 1973;Farmer et al, 2002], and in clinical settings [Bech et al, 1986;Berlanga et al, 1999;Boyce and Parker, 1985;Coppen and Metcalfe, 1965;Cuijpers et al, 2005;Duggan et al, 1991;Garside et al, 1970;Julian et al, 1969;Kendell and DiScipio, 1968;Ranjith et al, 2005;Ulusahin and Ulug, 1997;Weissman et al, 1978] but rarely in the general population [Bienvenu et al, 2004;Cox et al, 2004]. In addition, researchers have investigated the dimensions of extraversion and neuroticism (with an abbreviated scale) in the general population in one study [Goodwin et al, 2002], and the dimension of neuroticism alone in twins [Fanous et al, 2002;Kendler et al, 1993aKendler et al, , 2002Kendler et al, , 2004Roberts and Kendler, 1999], in relatives of depressive patients [Sham et al, 2000], and in the general population [de Graaf et al, 2002;Henderson et al, 1998].…”

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The relationship of neuroticism and extraversion to symptoms of anxiety and depression in the general population

2006

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Few studies have investigated the relationship of the personality dimensions of neuroticism and extraversion to the symptoms of depression and anxiety in the general population. A random general population sample (ages 20-70 years), from two Finnish cities was surveyed with the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). In addition, questions regarding diagnosed lifetime mental disorders, health care use for psychiatric reasons in the past 12 months, and history of mental disorders in first-degree relatives were posed. Among the 441 subjects who participated, neuroticism correlated strongly with symptoms of depression (r(s)=.71, P<.001) and anxiety (r(s)=.69, P<.001), and somewhat with self-reported lifetime mental disorder (r(s)=.30, P<.001) and health care use for psychiatric reasons in the past 12 months (r(s)=.24, P<.001). Extraversion correlated negatively with symptoms of depression (r(s)=-.47, P<.001), anxiety (r(s)=-.36, P<.001), self-reported lifetime mental disorder (r(s)=-.17, P<.001), and health care use for psychiatric reasons in the past 12 months (r(s)=-.14, P=.004). In multiple regression models, even after adjusting for gender, age, and education, BDI scores were significantly associated with neuroticism, extraversion, and age, whereas BAI scores were associated only with neuroticism. Neuroticism is strongly associated with depressive and anxiety symptoms, and intraversion is moderately associated with depressive symptoms in the urban general population. The relationship of these personality dimensions to both self-reported lifetime mental disorders and use of health services for psychiatric reasons strengthens the clinical validity of these personality dimensions.

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“…[53] Birinci eksende herhangi bir eştanı için bu oranlar % 12 ile %46 arasındadır. [5,7,8,19,54] İlk sırada anksiyete bozuklukları, ikinci sırada alkol ve madde kullanım bozuklukları (MKB) yer almaktadır. Anksiyete bozuklukları içerisinde ise, en sık izlenen bozukluklar yaygın anksiyete bozukluğu ve obsesif kompulsif bozukluktur (OKB).…”

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Bipolar disorder in Turkey: A review

Gültekin¹,

Kesebir²,

Tamam³

2014

Psikiyatride Guncel Yaklasimlar - Current Approaches in Psychia

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ÖzetTürkiye'de bipolar bozukluk ile ilgili yapılmış çalışmaların incelenmesinde epidemiyolojik anlamda nitelikli alan çalışmasına rastlanmamıştır. Çalışmaların çoğu, hastane başvurusu kaynaklı ve klinik çalışmalardır, sistematik bir tarama içermemekte, epidemiyolojik veri toplama ya da sağlık hizmetlerine bilgi aktarma amaçlı değildir. Bu çalışmaların bulgularının toplumumuza genellenebilirliği geçerli ve güvenilir olmaktan uzaktır. Bununla birlikte, ülkemizin değişik bölgelerinde yapılmış çalışmaların bulgularının gözden geçirilerek oluşturulacak bir profilin hastalığın bize özgü özellikle-rinin tanınmasına ve risk etkenlerinin saptanmasına katkısı olacaktır. Tüm bu bilgiler bipolar bozukluk ile ilgili olarak, toplum ruh sağlığı hizmetlerinin oluşturulup geliştirilmesine temel oluştu-rabilir. Ülkemizde epidemiyolojik anlamlılığı olan, çok merkezli, toplum örneklemli ve geniş katılım-lı çalışmalara gereksinimi vardır. Psikiyatrik epidemiyoloji ve klinik araştırmalarımız gerekli bilimsel bazı bulundurmakla birlikte, hızlı kentleşme ve göç gibi toplumsal, özgün ve gelişimsel ilişkileri değerlendirebilecek güçte değildir. Bu gözden geçirmede, Türkiye'de bipolar bozukluk ile ilgili yapılmış çalışmalarda, öne çıkan epidemiyolojik bulguların, eksikliklerin ve gelecekte konuyla ilgili neler yapılabileceğinin araştırılarak tartışılması amaçlanmıştır.Anahtar sözcükler: Bipolar bozukluk, epidemiyoloji, Türkiye. AbstractAssessment of studies related with bipolar disorder in Turkey did not reveal an epidemiologically qualified field study. Most of the studies are hospital based or clinical studies which did not include a systematical scanning and did not aim to collect any epidemiological data and transfer information to health authorities. The generalizability of these studies to our community is far from being valid and reliable. On the other hand, a profile which will be created by reviewing the findings of these studies performed in various regions of Turkey will have a contribution to knowing the "unique to us" features of bipolar disorder and determining cultural risk factors. All this information can constitute a basis for formation and development of public mental health services related with bipolar disorder. In Turkey, the need for epidemiologically significant, polycentric, public sampled studies with broad participation is indispensable. Although our psychiatric epidemiology and clinical studies include necessary scientific basis, they are not powerful enough to evaluate the authentic and progressional relations such as rapid urbanization and immigration. The aim of this review is to evaluate and discuss prominent epidemiological findings, deficiencies and possibile future activities related with studies conducted in Turkey about bipolar disorder..

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Clinical and personality correlates of outcome in depressive disorders in a Turkish sample

Cited by 18 publications

References 23 publications

The Course of Depressive Illness in General Practice

The Course of Depressive Illness in General Practice

The relationship of neuroticism and extraversion to symptoms of anxiety and depression in the general population

Bipolar disorder in Turkey: A review

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