The Prognosis of Primary Depressive Illness
- 1 June 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 150 (6) , 787-790
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.150.6.787
Abstract
We followed up 30 recovered depressives for an average of 2 years. At 18 months, despite prophylactic medication, 30% had relapsed. Persistent DST suppression during the index illness was found to be a predictor of good prognosis.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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