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Recovery from Depression: A Two-Year Follow-Up Study of General Population Subjects

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  • Heimo Viinamäki

    (Department of Psychiatry, Kuopio University Hospital, P.O. Box 1777, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland. heimo.viinamaki@kuh.fi)

  • Antti Tanskanen
  • Kirsi Honkalampi
  • Heli Koivumaa-Honkanen
  • Risto Antikainen
  • Kaisa Haatainen
  • Jukka Hintikka

    (Kuopio University Hospital and University of Kuopio at the Department of Psychiatry, Kuopio, Finland)

Abstract

Background : The recovery from depression and factors associated with it are not well known in the general population. Aims : To conduct a two-year follow-up of general population subjects and investigate their recovery from depression. Methods : Individuals who were assessed as suffering from depression on the basis of Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) scores were monitored for two years. Results : Sixty-five per cent were still depressed after two years of follow-up. Negative life events had occurred more often in those who had remained depressed than in the others. Logistic regression analysis revealed that a high initial BDI score and a worsening of a subject's economic situation during the follow-up period were associated with failure to recover. Lack of use of health services was associated with non-recovery. Conclusion : Depression may be more chronic in the general population than previously has been thought.

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  • Heimo Viinamäki & Antti Tanskanen & Kirsi Honkalampi & Heli Koivumaa-Honkanen & Risto Antikainen & Kaisa Haatainen & Jukka Hintikka, 2006. "Recovery from Depression: A Two-Year Follow-Up Study of General Population Subjects," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 52(1), pages 19-28, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:52:y:2006:i:1:p:19-28
    DOI: 10.1177/0020764006061250
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