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Prognosis of depression and the endogenous-neurotic distinction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

E. S. Paykel
Affiliation:
From St. George's Hospital, London, Yale University, New Haven, and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, U.S.A.
G. L. Klerman
Affiliation:
From St. George's Hospital, London, Yale University, New Haven, and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, U.S.A.
B. A. Prusoff
Affiliation:
From St. George's Hospital, London, Yale University, New Haven, and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, U.S.A.

Synopsis

Depressed patients were followed-up after 10 months, and factor scores reflecting respectively general severity, the endogenous-neurotic distinction, and an admixture of anxiety versus depression were used as predictors. The main prognostic relationships were with the endogenous-neurotic distinction and provided validating evidence for it. Endogenous depressives showed generally better prognoses. Individual rating variables used to derive the factors showed little relationship to outcome and prediction appeared to derive from a summation of elements relevant to the endogenous-neurotic distinction across many variables.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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