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ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2017

Low emotion-oriented coping and informal help-seeking behaviour as major predictive factors for improvement in major depression at 5-year follow-up in the adult community.

S Rodgers, C L Vandeleur, M-P F Strippoli, E Castelao, A Tesic, J Glaus, A M Lasserre, M Müller, W Rössler, V Ajdacic-Gross and 1 more

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Article in Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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S RodgersDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Psychiatric Hospital, University of Zurich, PO Box 1930, 8021, Zurich, Switzerland. stephanie.rodgers@dgsp.uzh.ch.
C L VandeleurDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Epidemiology and Psychopathology Research Centre, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
M-P F StrippoliDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Epidemiology and Psychopathology Research Centre, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
E CastelaoDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Epidemiology and Psychopathology Research Centre, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
A TesicDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Psychiatric Hospital, University of Zurich, PO Box 1930, 8021, Zurich, Switzerland.
J GlausDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Epidemiology and Psychopathology Research Centre, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
A M LasserreDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Epidemiology and Psychopathology Research Centre, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
M MüllerDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Psychiatric Hospital, University of Zurich, PO Box 1930, 8021, Zurich, Switzerland.
W RösslerDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Psychiatric Hospital, University of Zurich, PO Box 1930, 8021, Zurich, Switzerland.
V Ajdacic-GrossDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Psychiatric Hospital, University of Zurich, PO Box 1930, 8021, Zurich, Switzerland.
M PreisigDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Epidemiology and Psychopathology Research Centre, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
University of Lausanne · CHUniversity of Zurich · CHCollegium Helveticum · CH

Funding

Faculty of Biology and Medicine of Lausanne no number avilableGlaxoSmithKline no number availableSchweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung 3200B0-105993, 3200B0-118308, 33CSCO-122661, 33CS30-139468 and 33CS30-148401
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Abstract

purposeGiven the broad range of biopsychosocial difficulties resulting from major depressive disorder (MDD), reliable evidence for predictors of improved mental health is essential, particularly from unbiased prospective community samples. Consequently, a broad spectrum of potential clinical and non-clinical predictors of improved mental health, defined as an absence of current major depressive episode (MDE) at follow-up, were examined over a 5-year period in an adult community sample.

methodsThe longitudinal population-based PsyCoLaus study from the city of Lausanne, Switzerland, was used. Subjects having a lifetime MDD with a current MDE at baseline assessment were selected, resulting in a subsample of 210 subjects. Logistic regressions were applied to the data.

resultsCoping styles were the most important predictive factors in the present study. More specifically, low emotion-oriented coping and informal help-seeking behaviour at baseline were associated with the absence of an MDD diagnosis at follow-up. Surprisingly, neither formal help-seeking behaviour, nor psychopharmacological treatment, nor childhood adversities, nor depression subtypes turned out to be relevant predictors in the current study.

conclusionsThe paramount role of coping styles as predictors of improvement in depression found in the present study might be a valuable target for resource-oriented therapeutic models. On the one hand, the positive impact of low emotion-oriented coping highlights the utility of clinical interventions interrupting excessive mental ruminations during MDE. On the other hand, the importance of informal social networks raises questions regarding how to enlarge the personal network of affected subjects and on how to best support informal caregivers.

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Adaptation, PsychologicalEmotionsHelp-Seeking BehaviorAdultAgedFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMajor Depressive DisorderMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesSwitzerlandTreatment OutcomeCoping stylesDepressionEpidemiologyHelp-seeking behavioursProspective study

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