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Attunement of non-verbal behaviour between depressed patients and a psychiatrist at admission is related to persistence of depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

E. Geerts ,
A.L. Bouhuys  and
R.H. van den Hoofdakker
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According to interpersonal theories on depression, the type of interaction between depression-prone subjects and their social environment plays a causal role in the development and course of depression (e.g. Coyne et al.). So far, interpersonal theories have been tackled mostly by psychometrical methods. However, non-verbal behaviour plays an important role in human social interactions. It is assumed that 60-65% of human communication is non-verbal. Ethological observations have shown that non-verbal interpersonal behaviour of depressed subjects, as assessed prior to treatment, is related to treatment-response or subsequent course of depression. These results are in line with an interpersonal approach of depression.

Keywords

Observable behaviourattunementinterpersonal theories of depressionhuman ethologyObserveerbaar gedragafstemminginterpersoonlijke depressie theorieenhumane ethologie
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Research Article
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Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , June 1995 , pp. 64 - 66
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Copyright © Scandinavian College of Neuropsychopharmacology 1995

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