@article{ref1,
title="Long-term course and chronicity in depression: Findings from a 6-year follow-up",
journal="Psychiatrische Praxis, Supplement",
year="1993",
author="Ruppe, A. and Keller, F. and Wolfersdorf, M.",
volume="20",
number="1",
pages="64-67",
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.<p /><p>Language: de</p>",
language="de",
issn="1611-8332",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}