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A Longitudinal Study of Psychological and Social Factors Affecting Recovery from Psychiatric Breakdowns

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Keith Oatley  and
Christina Perring
Keith Oatley*
Affiliation:
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 252, Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V6, Canada
Christina Perring
Affiliation:
Trent and Yorkshire MIND, The White Building, Fitzalan Square, Sheffield S1 2AY
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

Thirty-five people who had suffered a recent onset of symptoms of depression and/or anxiety were interviewed soon after being seen by a clinician, and again six months later. Symptom scores at the second interview were predicted by whether any plans subjects had formed by the first interview had gone wrong, by major non-health difficulties, and by internal, stable and global attributions made at the first interview about the event or difficulty that was most distressing before symptoms became severe.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 158 , Issue 1 , January 1991 , pp. 28 - 32
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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