Abstract

Social and psychological factors which may be important in putting people at risk for episodes of major depression are studies. The factors are remote and recent life events (for example, recent losses); personal dispositions (for example, external locus of control); situational contexts (for example, absence of social supports); and social positions (for example, being female). The main aims are to determine the relative importance of these factors and their specificity to major depressive disorder. The research involves 100 treated persons with major depression, 25 to 50 untreated persons with major depression, 100 persons with schizophrenia or schizophrenia like disorders, 60 to 75 persons with nonspecific distress, and 425 well persons from the New York City population. The research interview emphasizes the life events section of the Psychiatric Epidemiology Research Interview.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
2R01MH036208-04
Application #
3375819
Study Section
(PCBA)
Project Start
1981-08-01
Project End
1987-11-30
Budget Start
1985-12-01
Budget End
1986-11-30
Support Year
4
Fiscal Year
1986
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
New York State Psychiatric Institute
Department
Type
DUNS #
167204994
City
New York
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10032

  Publications

Dohrenwend, B P (1998) A psychosocial perspective on the past and future of psychiatric epidemiology. Am J Epidemiol 147:222-31
Link, B G; Mesagno, F P; Lubner, M E et al. (1990) Problems in measuring role strains and social functioning in relation to psychological symptoms. J Health Soc Behav 31:354-69
Skodol, A E; Shrout, P E (1989) Use of DSM-III axis IV in clinical practice: rating etiologically significant stressors. Am J Psychiatry 146:61-6
Shrout, P E; Newman, S C (1989) Design of two-phase prevalence surveys of rare disorders. Biometrics 45:549-55
Shrout, P E; Yager, T J (1989) Reliability and validity of screening scales: effect of reducing scale length. J Clin Epidemiol 42:69-78
Skodol, A E; Shrout, P E (1989) Use of DSM-III Axis IV in clinical practice: rating the severity of psychosocial stressors. Psychiatry Res 30:201-11
Shrout, P E; Link, B G; Dohrenwend, B P et al. (1989) Characterizing life events as risk factors for depression: the role of fateful loss events. J Abnorm Psychol 98:460-7
Skodol, A E; Link, B G; Shrout, P E et al. (1988) The revision of axis V in DSM-III-R: should symptoms have been included? Am J Psychiatry 145:825-9
Shrout, P E; Lyons, M; Dohrenwend, B P et al. (1988) Changing time frames on symptom inventories: effects on the Psychiatric Epidemiology Research Interview. J Consult Clin Psychol 56:267-72
Skodol, A E; Link, B G; Shrout, P E et al. (1988) Toward construct validity for DSM-III Axis V. Psychiatry Res 24:13-23

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