TY - JOUR
T1 - Depression in narcotic addicts-A prospective study with a five-year follow-up
AU - Croughan, Jack L.
AU - Miller, J. Philip
AU - Koepke, Judy
AU - Whitman, Barbara Y.
N1 - Funding Information:
From Washington University School of Medicine. Department of Psychiatr?, and Division of Biostatistic,.s. and The Jebcish Hospital qf St. Louis, St. Louis, MO. Jack L. Croughan, M.D.: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. Washington University School of Medicine, and Director of Inpatient Psychiatry. The Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.: J. Philip Miller, B.A.: Assistant Professor of Biostatistics. Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo.: Judy Koepke: Research Technician, Department QfPsychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.: Barbara Y. Whitman, Ph.D.: Trainee (NIMH) in Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine. St. Louis, MO. This study M’as supported in part by Grant(s) DA4RG008 and MH 14677. Address reprint requests to Jack L. Croughan, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, The Jebcish Hospital of St. Louis, P.O. Box 14109, St. Louis, MO. 63178. @ 1981 by Grune & Stratton, Inc. OOIO-44OXl81/2204-0012$01.00/0
PY - 1981
Y1 - 1981
N2 - A number of recent studies have reported on the presence and significance of clinical depression in narcotic addicts.1-7 The majority of these prior reports have been conducted with male addicts at one point in time only. To our knowledge there have been no long-term follow-up studies of narcotic addicts which have looked at the recurrence of depression. The purpose of this article is to describe the recurrence of depression during a 5-year period of follow-up of male and female narcotic addicts. It has been observed that addiction, especially chronic, and withdrawal can cause or are associated with many of the somatic and psychological symptoms of depression. To investigate this effect, episodes of depression in the present study were categorized by subjects' reports into drug-related and nondrug-related episodes, and the usefulness of this categorization in predicting future episodes of depression during the follow-up period was investigated. Incidence rates of depression in subjects without a prior history of depression are also reported.
AB - A number of recent studies have reported on the presence and significance of clinical depression in narcotic addicts.1-7 The majority of these prior reports have been conducted with male addicts at one point in time only. To our knowledge there have been no long-term follow-up studies of narcotic addicts which have looked at the recurrence of depression. The purpose of this article is to describe the recurrence of depression during a 5-year period of follow-up of male and female narcotic addicts. It has been observed that addiction, especially chronic, and withdrawal can cause or are associated with many of the somatic and psychological symptoms of depression. To investigate this effect, episodes of depression in the present study were categorized by subjects' reports into drug-related and nondrug-related episodes, and the usefulness of this categorization in predicting future episodes of depression during the follow-up period was investigated. Incidence rates of depression in subjects without a prior history of depression are also reported.
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U2 - 10.1016/0010-440X(81)90028-6
DO - 10.1016/0010-440X(81)90028-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 7261584
AN - SCOPUS:0019828344
SN - 0010-440X
VL - 22
SP - 428
EP - 433
JO - Comprehensive Psychiatry
JF - Comprehensive Psychiatry
IS - 4
ER -