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SOCIAL DYSFUNCTION IN DEPRESSIVES AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDES
Author(s) -
ElGaaly A. A.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1974.tb08219.x
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , marital status , rating scale , psychology , psychiatry , significant difference , clinical psychology , hamilton rating scale for depression , hamilton depression scale , social class , suicide prevention , poison control , medicine , hamd , medical emergency , major depressive disorder , developmental psychology , cognition , population , environmental health , political science , law , economics , macroeconomics
In this study, a group of depressed patients who did not attempt suicide was compared with a group of depressed patients who attemptd suicide. All were English females. The two groups were comparable with regards to social class, and marital status. The suicidal group was younger. The results show no significant difference between the two groups in the degree of severity of depression, which was assessed using the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale. However, there was a significant difference in the degree of social dysfunction between the two groups. This was assessed using the Social Dysfunction Rating Scale described by Linn and co‐authors.