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The complaints of depressed patients were investigated in a private, single-physician family practice clinic. Complaints and visits of depressives were compared to those of age- and sex-matched non-depressed controls over a period of 3 years beginning 18 months prior to the diagnosis of depression. Pain, functional and anxiety complaints signalled the onset and paralleled the course of depression. Somatic complaints were a conspicuous mode of presentation in this family practice. These somatic features are not among the usual diagnostic and research criteria for depression (DSM-III, Feighner Criteria and RDC) although they appear to be a major feature in the natural history of depression.
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Social contact appears to be the most effective type of intervention to improve knowledge about and attitudes towards mental illness in the short term, though evidence for depression specifically and for longer-term benefits is weak.
“Social contact appears to be the most effective type of intervention to improve knowledge about and attitudes towards mental illness in the short term, though the evidence for depression specifically and for longer-term benefits is weak. 362,368,369”
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- Authors
- Wilson, D. R., Widmer, R. B., Cadoret, R. J., & Judiesch, K.
- Affiliations
- University of Iowa (US)
- Corresponding author
- Cadoret, Remi J.
- ORCID
- Wilson, Daniel R.
- Venue
- Journal of Affective Disorders
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1983-08
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 199-207
- ISSN
- 0165-0327 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1522585107
- Cited by
- 66
- References
- 31
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 2.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Affective Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Keywords
- somatic symptoms, depression, pain complaints, functional complaints, depression onset, general practice, DSM-III, Feighner criteria, Research Domain Criteria
- MeSH terms
- Anxiety, Depressive Disorder, Family Practice, Female, Humans, Male, Retrospective Studies
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