Social Network Characteristics of Hospitalized Depressed Patients

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Abstract
22 patients with primary or secondary affective disorder and 22 hospitalized control patients with no history of psychiatric disorder completed questionnaires about their relationships with other people. Similar questionnaires were completed by one friend or relative of 20 patients and 20 control subjects about the subjects' social network. Depressed patients reported that significantly fewer people were available who would offer them help or who had similar interests. They reported less contact with members of their social network. The friends or relatives of depressed patients reported the patients had fewer friends who shared values or were concerned than did those of the control group. The data were interpreted as consistent with both the helplessness and behavioral models of depression.

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