Parker G, Abeshouse B, Morey E, Holmes S, Manicavasagar V
Med J Aust. 1984 Aug 4;141(3):154-8.
The nature and course of depressive disorders in a group of general practice patients were assessed by screening 564 subjects who attended representative practices in Sydney by means of a self-report depression inventory. Of these, 25% of women and 17% of men reported significant depressive symptoms. An interview was sought with these "potential depressives" to determine, in particular, the extent to which they might be considered to have a psychiatric disorder, using the PSE case-finding procedure. Of those interviewed, 83% scored as psychiatric "cases", while the mean duration of their depression was nine months. A longitudinal component to the study suggested that the mental condition of the sample had improved minimally at six weeks' and at 20 weeks' follow-up assessments.
通过一份自我报告抑郁量表对悉尼具有代表性诊所的564名就诊患者进行筛查，以此评估一组全科医疗患者中抑郁症的性质和病程。其中，25%的女性和17%的男性报告有明显的抑郁症状。针对这些“潜在抑郁症患者”进行了访谈，特别是采用PSE病例发现程序来确定他们在多大程度上可能被视为患有精神疾病。在接受访谈的患者中，83%被判定为精神疾病“病例”，其抑郁的平均持续时间为9个月。该研究的纵向部分表明，在六周和二十周的随访评估中，样本的精神状况仅有轻微改善。
