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

Heimo Viinamäki, Antti Tanskanen, Kirsi Honkalampi, Heli Koivumaa-Honkanen, Risto Antikainen, Kaisa Haatainen and Jukka Hintikka
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Heimo Viinamäki: Department of Psychiatry, Kuopio University Hospital, P.O. Box 1777, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland. heimo.viinamaki@kuh.fi
Jukka Hintikka: Kuopio University Hospital and University of Kuopio at the Department of Psychiatry, Kuopio, Finland

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2006, vol. 52, issue 1, 19-28

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.

Date: 2006
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