Affective disorders are highly disabling illnesses constituting a significant burden for the patients, their family and the society. Therefore, it would be very useful to find tools which carefully subtype these conditions and have a strong and reliable predictive power concerning the course of illness and health and social functioning. To date, the role of hopelessness and affective temperaments in the prediction of health and social functioning and the course of affective disorders has not been studied. Thus, the aim of the present study was to assess whether affective temperaments and hopelessness, measured during hospitalization, can be useful in the prediction of global functioning (the severity of the illness and the presence and severity of psychosocial problems) at follow-up in inpatients with major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder (BD).
Pompili, M., Innamorati, M., Gonda, X., Serafini, G., Sarno, S., Erbuto, D., et al. (2013). Affective temperaments and hopelessness as predictors of health and social functioning in mood disorder patients: A prospective follow-up study. JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, 150(2), 216-222 [10.1016/j.jad.2013.03.026].
Affective temperaments and hopelessness as predictors of health and social functioning in mood disorder patients: A prospective follow-up study
SIRACUSANO, ALBERTO;
2013-09-05
Abstract
Affective disorders are highly disabling illnesses constituting a significant burden for the patients, their family and the society. Therefore, it would be very useful to find tools which carefully subtype these conditions and have a strong and reliable predictive power concerning the course of illness and health and social functioning. To date, the role of hopelessness and affective temperaments in the prediction of health and social functioning and the course of affective disorders has not been studied. Thus, the aim of the present study was to assess whether affective temperaments and hopelessness, measured during hospitalization, can be useful in the prediction of global functioning (the severity of the illness and the presence and severity of psychosocial problems) at follow-up in inpatients with major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder (BD).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
