Citation

Ruppe A, Keller F, Wolfersdorf M. Psychiatrische Praxis, Supplement 1993; 20(1): 64-67.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993)

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Abstract

The course of depressive symptoms for 44 patients who were treated at the depression ward of a state mental hospital was followed over 6 years. 21% of the patients had no or only minimal depressive symptoms over the time, another 11% showed depressive symptoms only in the first year after the index episode. 11% of the patients had a partial remission. 32% showed an episodic course, 57% of them relapsed in the first year. 9% of the patients experienced a chronic course with major depressive symptoms in more than half of the time. 9% of the patients committed suicide.

Language: de

Keywords

adult; human; suicide; female; male; depression; article; clinical article; disease course; mental hospital; chronicity