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Social characteristics of seasonal affective disorder patients: comparison with suicide attempters with non-seasonal major depression and other mood disorder patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

B.P.G. Pendse ,
A.. Öjehagen ,
G. Engström  and
L. Träskman-Bendz
B.P.G. Pendse*
Affiliation:
Lund Suicide Research Centre, Division of Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Lund University Hospital, 221 85Lund, Sweden
A.. Öjehagen
Affiliation:
Lund Suicide Research Centre, Division of Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Lund University Hospital, 221 85Lund, Sweden
G. Engström
Affiliation:
Department of Community Medicine, Malmö University Hospital, 205 02Malmö, Sweden
L. Träskman-Bendz
Affiliation:
Lund Suicide Research Centre, Division of Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Lund University Hospital, 221 85Lund, Sweden
*
*E-mail address: Baba.Pendse@psykiatr.lu.se
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Abstract

Although it is evident from numerous studies that patients with mood disorders generally have a deficient social functioning and a weak social network, little is known about these aspects of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) patients. We studied the social situation, the social network and the social functioning of SAD (n = 20) patients in comparison with matched suicide attempters (SA) with non-seasonal major depression, and with findings from other major depressive disorder (MDD) studies and community samples. The social situation and the clinical background of both the SAD and the SA groups were almost similar and the social networks were equally disadvantageous and weaker than those observed in some community/healthy populations. Furthermore, the data on global functioning and social adjustment of the SAD group were well comparable to those of other MDD patients and significantly worse than that of a community sample. Thus, the results indicate a considerable social impairment in SAD.

Keywords

SADMDDSuicide attemptSocial functioningSocial network
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European Psychiatry , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , February 2003 , pp. 36 - 39
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Copyright © Éditions scientifiques et médicales Elsevier SAS 2003

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