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Fisha, Senathi. "Depression among African patients three diagnostic approaches /". Pretoria : [S.n.], 2005. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10202005-143145.
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Graham, Judith A. "Coping with depression how Christians can help /". Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2007. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p001-1155.
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Martin, Joyce E. "Depression and the role that religious faith plays in coping and recovery". Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.
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Quiring, Jason Matthew. "Early intervention and major depressive disorder /". view abstract or download file of text, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3055704.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2002.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 114-123). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Wilson, Lucy Erma. "An Examination of the Perceptual Asymmetries of Depressed Persons as Mediated by Hypnosis". Thesis, North Texas State University, 1986. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332206/.
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This study evaluated the role of asymmetric processing of information in depression. Depression has been hypothesized to involve a deficit in the global processing of information (Tucker, 1982). This type of global processing has been manipulated through the use of hypnosis by Crawford and Allen (1983). In the current study, a 3 x 2 ANCOVA design allowed the comparison of three groups of subjects on their performance on a perceptual task measuring global perception. The task chosen was designed by Navon (1977) and consisted of designs which differed on global or local features. The groups were screened with the Beck Depression Inventory, the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility, and the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory, yielding 46 subjects divided into three groups of right-handed males and females. The experimental group consisted of high susceptible depressives from the community. The controls were one group of high susceptible normals and one of low susceptible depressives. All groups performed the Navon task under both waking and hypnosis conditions. Analysis of the results revealed a main effect for group (F(2, 86) = 9.60, p < .01) on the global scores. In addition, high social desirability scores predicted slower presentation times. However, hypnosis was not effective in creating a significant change in performance on the dependent measure. The results are discussed as support for the hypothesized differences between depressives and normals. Differences between the measures used in the present study and that of Crawford and Allen suggest that hypnosis may mediate imagery at a conceptual level but not at the level of the primary visual-perceptual system.
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Ahlfeldt, Alan. "Exploring and describing depressogenic cognitive schema, levels of depression and hopelessness among depressed and non depressed adults". Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/393.
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The subject of mood disorders and in particular depression is pertinent with rapidly increasing incidences of depression and suicide a widespread phenomenon in the world today. In South Africa, the rates of depression are increasing steadily each year. Much research has been undertaken in the area of depression, with negative cognitive schema identified as a common factor, which increases an individual’s vulnerability or diathesis to depression and hopelessness. The primary aims of this research are to explore and describe the depressogenic cognitive schema of both a depressed as well as normal (nondepressed) individuals and identify the relationship these schema have to levels of depression and hopelessness. In order to achieve these objectives, three measures were administered, the Beck’s Depression Inventory, the Beck’s Hopelessness Scale and the Inferential Style Questionnaire. The research design is quantitative in nature and took the form of an exploratory-descriptive study. The researcher made use of frequency tests to identify frequencies of scores and descriptive statistics to identify the mean, range and standard deviations. T tests, a Pearson product- moment correlation coefficient and factorial analysis of variance (ANOVA) were also employed for statistical analysis within this research study. The findings of this research study identify that the depressed sample scored higher levels of depression, hopelessness and negative inferential style than that of the normal sample.
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Vidler, Helen C. "The experience of depression : women's perspectives /". Connect to thesis, 2002. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00001822.
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Radzina, Ausma. "Understanding depression for lay pastoral care of depressed persons in Latvian Catholic parishes". Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.
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George, Marisa M. "The impact of spirituality and group therapy on counseling a client presenting with symptoms of depression and chronic pain". Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p074-0057.
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Hoogheem, Lisa. "A comprehensive study of dual diagnosis and counseling clients with chemical dependency and depression". Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2007. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2007/2007hoogheeml.pdf.
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McCarthy, Michael Joseph. "Identifying Modifiable Factors associated with Depression across the Lifespan in Stroke Survivor-Spouse Dyads". PDXScholar, 2011. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/171.
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Depression is the most common psychological sequela associated with stroke, affecting approximately 33% of stroke survivors (Hackett, Yapa, Parag, & Anderson, 2005) with corresponding impacts on spouses, partners, or other informal caregivers (Han & Haley, 1999; Low, Payne, & Roderick, 1999). Although stroke is more common in older persons, persons of all ages are at risk for stroke and especially post-stroke depression (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2007; Barker-Collo, 2007; Hughes, Giobbie-Hurder, Weaver, Kubal, & Henderson, 1999). One of the factors which could explain increased risk of depression is "biographical disruption" (Bury, 1982), which happens when couples experience chronic illnesses that are developmentally off schedule or unexpected (Faircloth, Boylstei, Rittman, Young, & Gubrium, 2004; Pound, Gompertz, & Ebrahim, 1998; Roding, Lindstrom, Malms, & Ohman, 2003). The goal of this dissertation study was to examine modifiable factors associated with depression in stroke survivor-spouse dyads, including the potential moderating effects of biographical disruption. This goal was accomplished by pursuing three specific aims: (1) investigating the extent to which dyad-level factors are associated with current depression in stroke survivor-spouse dyads, above and beyond the influence of individual-level factors; (2) investigating the extent to which biographical disruption associated with stroke moderates the strength of association between individual and dyad-level factors and depression; and (3) exploring additional individual- and dyad-level features of disruption from stroke not included in the structured portion of the interview, and to explore how the experience of stroke may be different for couples in different developmental stages of life. Thirty-two recent stroke survivor-spouse dyads were interviewed using a combination of standardized measures and semi-structured interviews. Results showed that several dyad-level factors such as relationship quality, illness appraisal, and coping patterns were significant predictors of depression for survivors and spouses. The presence of biographical disruption did not statistically moderate these relationships, although the qualitative aspect of the study uncovered many aspects of disruption not addressed in the structured interview and the illness experience was clearly unique for couples in different developmental stages. These results have relevance for the development of effective interventions for post-stroke depression in couples, and are encouraging with respect to operationalizing and measuring the notion of biographical disruption from chronic illness across the lifespan.
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Tse, Pui San. "Cross-cultural Differences in the Presentation of Depressive Symptoms". Thesis, University of North Texas, 2015. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc801937/.
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Epidemiological studies show that China has a lower prevalence rate of major depression than that of Western countries. The disparity in prevalence is commonly attributed to the tendency of Chinese to somatize depression. Empirical evidence of Chinese somatization has yielded mixed results. The present study thus aimed to 1) examine differences in somatic and psychological symptom reporting between Chinese from Macau and Americans in America and 2) identify cultural and psychological variables that would predict somatization. Independent and interdependent self-construals, sociotropy, and emotional approach coping were hypothesized to predict somatization of depression. Participants included 353 Chinese and 491 American college students who completed self-report measures online. Contrary to prediction, results indicated that Americans endorsed a higher proportion of somatic symptoms than Chinese did. Sociotropy predicted both relative endorsement and severity of somatic symptoms for the American sample, whereas emotional expression coping was related to somatization in the Chinese sample. The findings challenge the common assumption of greater Chinese somatization and highlight the importance of context in understanding the relationships between somatization and cultural and psychological variables. Implications of the present study and future directions are discussed.
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Ashman, Sharon Beth. "Trajectories of maternal depression over seven years : relations with child psychophysiology and behavior /". Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/9039.
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Kitanaka, Junko 1970. "Society in distress : the psychiatric production of depression in contemporary Japan". Thesis, McGill University, 2006. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=100638.
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This dissertation examines the rising medicalization of depression in Japan and asks how it has become possible that Japanese, who reportedly barely suffered from depression until recently, are now increasingly becoming "depressed." Drawing upon two years of fieldwork in psychiatric institutions in the Tokyo environs, I examine this change from three different angles---historical, clinical, and socio-legal. First, my historical analysis questions the assumption held by Japanese psychiatrists that depression did not exist in premodern Japan; I show that traditional Japanese medicine did indeed have a notion of depression (called utsusho), conceived as an illness of emotions in which psychological suffering was seen as intimately connected to both physiological and social distress. Though the premodern notion of depression was effectively obscured by the 19th-century adoption of German neuropsychiatry that located depression in individual brains, the current medicalization of depression is nevertheless deeply informed by an indigenous psychiatric theory emphasizing that depression is in part socially produced. Second, I examine how Japanese psychiatrists use this local language of depression in clinical practice in attempting to persuade patients that they are victims of both biological and social forces lying beyond their control. The lack of any psychiatric model of agency concerning depression, however, leads some patients---especially suicidal patients---to question psychiatry's jurisdiction over the meaning of their distress. Third, I analyze how the psychiatric language of depression has been adopted in legal discourse surrounding "overwork suicide," where corporations and the government have been found liable for workers' deaths on the grounds that excessive work stress can drive workers to depression and suicide. Furthermore, the psychiatric language is curiously limited in the sense that, in contrast to the West, in Japan it is men rather than women who have been represented as typical victims of depression. By examining patients' narratives, I demonstrate how psychiatry constructs a gendered discourse of depression, closely tied to local politics about whose distress is recognized as legitimate social suffering. The medicalization of depression in Japan thus suggests not a hegemonic, global standardization, but the emergence of psychiatry as a politically potent---though limited---force for social transformation.
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Du, Preez Shereen. "Depressogenic cognitive schemas, levels of depression and hopelessness among individuals diagnosed with unipolar mood disorder". Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1074.
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While mood disorders rank within the top ten disabilities worldwide, there has been limited research done on cognitive schemas and the role they play in the development of mood disorders in South Africa. Cognitive conceptualisations of depression typically emphasize the schema-based automatic processing of information. Beck (1967, 1976 & 1987) suggested that schematically driven automatic thinking is a key element in depressive disorders. Research in the field of depression has identified cognitive schemas as a factor which increases an individual’s diathesis to depression. The primary aim of this research is to explore and describe maladaptive cognitive schemas, hopelessness and levels of depression amongst individuals diagnosed with Unipolar Mood Disorder. A further aim of the research has been to explore the relationship between maladaptive cognitive schemas and hopelessness as a diathesis to depression. In order to achieve the objectives, data was collected from a sample of 50 inpatients diagnosed with Unipolar Mood Disorder. The following measures were used: Young’s Schema Questionnaire, Beck's Depression Inventory – 2nd edition and Beck’s Hopelessness Scale. The research is quantitative in nature and takes the form of an exploratory-descriptive study. Data has been analysed by means of descriptive statistics in order to identify the mean, ranges and standard deviation of the measures used. Cross-tabulations have been used to further explore the relationship between the variables mentioned above. It was found that a statistically significant correlation exists between the BDI, BHS and YSQ. Maladaptive cognitive schemas were found to have a strong positive correlation 4 to depression, whereas hopelessness was found to have a less significant role in Unipolar Mood Disorder. The most significant schemas found in relation to hopelessness, were the Social Isolation, Unrelenting Standards and Pessimism schemas. With regards to depression, the most significant schemas were found to be Mistrust, Practical Incompetence, Vulnerability, Subjugation, Self-Sacrifice, Emotional Inhibition, Unrelenting Standards, Entitlement, Insufficient Self-Control, Admiration, Pessimism and Self-Punitiveness. All the above mentioned variables proved to have a statistically significant relationship. The findings of this research study are for the most part consistent with the literature on depression, hopelessness and cognitive vulnerabilities, and all of the above mentioned concepts have been found to be related.
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Henson, C. D. (Connie Dee). "The Use of Coping Strategies in Depressed and Nondepressed Chronic Pain Patients". Thesis, University of North Texas, 1993. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277985/.
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This study investigated the relationship between preferred coping strategies, and major stressors for nondepressed, and depressed chronic pain patients. The subjects for this study were 67 chronic pain patients who are participating in a pain/spinal rehabilitation program. The information collected from the individuals or their records included: (1) basic demographic information, (2) level of activity, (3) level of perceived pain, (4) medication usage, (5) therapist rating of level of stabilization, (6) scores on three inventories including the Coping Strategies Questionnaire, the Ways of Coping Checklist, and the Beck Depression Inventory. Analyses included an examination of the relationship between level of depression and (1) type of stressors, (2) coping strategies, and (3) level of perceived pain. Further analyses included multiple regression with outcome as defined by therapist ratings at the end of treatment, and patients' ratings at follow up as the criterion variables.
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Rosenblatt, Abram B. "The reactions of depressives to depressives: The interpersonal consequences of depression". Diss., The University of Arizona, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184494.
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Two studies were conducted to examine the interpersonal world of the depressive. It was hypothesized that depressed subjects would not like nondepressed targets as much as would nondepressed subjects. In addition, it was hypothesized that depressed subjects would feel worse after speaking with nondepressed targets. Finally it was hypothesized that perceived similarity would mediate these effects by covarying with mood and liking measures. To assess these hypotheses, study one had depressed and nondepressed college students speak with one another in either depressed-depressed, nondepressed-depressed, or nondepressed-nondepressed pairs. Measures of liking for the person with whom they conversed, of perceived similarity toward the person with whom they conversed, and of the subject's mood were then taken. Although the results were mixed, it was found that depressed subjects felt worse after speaking to depressed targets, though there were no differences in liking or perceived similarity between the groups. Perceived similarity did covary with most of the liking measures for the depressed and nondepressed subjects. Study two examined whether depressives had best friends who were themselves more depressed than best friends who were nondepressives. It was hypothesized that the best friends of depressives would be more depressed. Furthermore, it was expected that the best friends would also be perceived as more depressed by the subjects. These hypotheses were confirmed when depressives brought their best friends in for a study and the level of depression for these best friends was measured. In addition, the depressed subjects reported feeling worse after speaking with their friends when compared to how the nondepressed subjects reported feeling after speaking with their best friends.
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Hessl, David R. "Fathering young children : maternal depression, paternal mental health, and marital adjustment as determinants of involvement and parenting /". Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/9044.
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Self, Joanna F. "Maternal depression and the nature of mother-toddler interaction : infant bids for engagement and maternal responsiveness /". Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/9162.
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Jo, Young Sung. "Reduction of depression through participation in selected spiritual discipline /". Free full text of English translation is available to ORU patrons only; click to view:, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/oru/fullcit?p3150437.
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Kyriakides, Anestis H. "The spiritual approach to the problem of "athumia" (depression) in St. John Chrysostom's letters to Olympias". Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2006. http://www.tren.com.
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Fairchild-Ollivierre, Sara. "Anxiety, depression, and coping in the elderly". CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2000. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1634.
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Kilmer, Jared Newman. "Trajectories of Treatment Change among Patients with Major Depressive Disorder: Predictors and Associations with Outcome". Thesis, University of North Texas, 2017. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1011764/.
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Previous research has revealed heterogeneity in outcome trajectories among individuals seeking psychotherapy. However, questions remain as to the number, nature, and predictors of these trajectories. Therefore, the present study had three aims: 1) to identify heterogeneous latent groups among treatment trajectories of 212 clients with major depressive disorder (MDD) seeking psychotherapy at a community mental health training clinic; 2) to identify significant associations between clinical and demographic variables and group membership; and 3) to identify correlations between trajectory shape and positive treatment outcome. Prior to treatment, participants provided demographic information and completed symptom severity ratings. Once in treatment, participants completed a self-report of distress via the Outcome Questionnaire (OQ-45) at every session. Growth mixture modeling was utilized to identify distinct patient subgroups based on outcome trajectories among the sample. Three distinct latent classes of treatment trajectory were identified, providing evidence of heterogeneity in treatment trajectories among individuals with MDD. Baseline distress, pre-treatment work problems, and sleep difficulties were found to be predictive of an individual's membership in a specific trajectory group. Finally, specific shapes of change, namely early response and sudden gains, were associated with positive treatment outcome. Findings from this study can be used to identify patients at risk for treatment failure, allowing clinicians to intervene earlier to enhance mid-treatment feedback and prognosis.
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Tian, Haijun. "Caring for depression and comorbid pain evidence from the Health and Retirement Survey and the Healthcare for Communities Survey /". Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2006. http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgsd_issertations/RGSD204/.
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Human, Samantha. "Winston Churchill’s ‘Black Dog’: a psychobiographical case study for depressive realism". Diss., 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18837.
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Text in EnglishThis qualitative psychobiographical study sets out to explore and describe the life of Sir Winston Churchill within the context of his lifelong experience with depression, his ‘Black Dog’. The aim of the research is to present a case for depressive realism with Churchill as the single case study. The reconstruction of Churchill’s life as a psychological narrative is contextualised within the theoretical framework of Alfred Adler’s Theory of Individual Psychology. Data was collated via biographical and life history material. Data was analysed by means of thematic analysis. Data trustworthiness and ethical considerations were adhered to. The findings of this study reveal that Churchill’s depression had positive gains of him striving to contribute to society, potentially demonstrating that depressive realism exists as a side-effect of depression. The significance of which, conceivably substantiates the idea that positive aspects of depression do exist, enabling a potentially more encouraging and constructive outlook for individuals suffering from depression.
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Litvack, Aubrey D. "When events conspire against us : affect regulation, self-encoding, and personality vulnerabilities to depression /". 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR19630.
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Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2006. Graduate Programme in Psychology.Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 53-58). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR19630
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Amitay, Oren Aaron. "Supportive and undermining relational patterns in individuals vulnerable to major depression /". 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:NR19829.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2006. Graduate Programme in Psychology.Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-89). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:NR19829
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"Listening to their own voices: a narrative analysis of depressed middle-aged adults in Beijing". 2012. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5549138.
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本研究是一項關於北京中年抑鬱症患者主觀經驗的敘事分析。研究的目的在於探尋患者對於自身患病歷程的主觀詮釋，他們的服務需求以及對於中國大陸精神衛生社會工作進行反思。研究的參與對象為目的性抽樣所得到的來自北京的一個抑鬱癥自助團體的八名中年抑鬱癥患者。患者回顧了他們不同階段的經歷：發病期、住院期以及康復期。然後他們對於這些經歷做了詮釋。基於不同領域的社會服務需求，對於醫院、社區、大眾傳媒以及政府，他們都給出了寶貴的意見。
研究發現，既有的理論觀點對於關著對自身經歷的詮釋有著重要的影響，尤其是生物醫學模型。認知觀點和性別觀點也可以在患者們的敘事中找到蹤跡。精神科醫生在患者的整個經歷中都處於重要的地位，他們的觀點和行為對患者也產生了重要的影響。
患者還受到社會和歷史因素的影響。他們的詮釋會受到社會觀念和文化價值的影響，比如命運、面子、孝順以及性別角色等等。而歷史事件諸如文化大革命以及天安門事件也會對他們的人生經歷以及他們的主觀詮釋造成影響。而中國目前的社會情境也是另一項重要的影響因素。
從他們的故事中，我們可以看到，最重要的主題就是他們在患病過程中認知模式的轉變，包括對待抑鬱癥本身，所接受的服務以及自身的看法。在他們的敘述中，另外兩個主題也是非常值得注意的，那就是和抑鬱症有關的“喪失以及醫院裡非人道的治療方式。
他們的故事為我們對於北京中年抑鬱症患者經歷的理解提供了非常豐富詳實的材料。這些發現對於知識理論的發展、政策的制定以及針對抑鬱症患者的臨床社會工作實踐都有著很大的啟示。整個社會以及不同領域的精神衛生專業人士都應該攜起手來幫助他們，共同去創造一個更加包容和諧的社會。
This research was a narrative analysis of the subjective experiences of the depressed middle-aged adults in Beijing, China. The purposes of the research were to explore the clients’ subjective interpretation of their lived experience of depression, their service needs and reflect on the improvement of mental health social work in Mainland China. A purposive sample of eight depressed clients from a self-help group in a mental health hospital in Beijing participated in this study.
The clients talked about their experiences at different stages: the onset, in the hospital and the rehabilitation, and interpreted their experiences. They also gave some advice to the hospital, the community, the mass media and the government based on their social service needs.
The theoretical perspectives influenced the clients’ interpretations of their experiences, especially the biomedical model. The cognitive perspective and the gender perspective could also be found in the client’s narratives. The psychiatrists were very important in the whole process of the clients’ experiences. Their perspectives and behaviors also influenced the clients.
It is found that the clients were also influenced by social and historical factors. Their interpretations were affected by social beliefs and cultural values such as fate, face, filial piety and gender roles. The historical events such as Cultural Revolution and June.4th Movement also affected their experiences and interpretations. The current social context in China was another important factor affecting them.
From their stories, we could see that the main theme was change of their cognitive styles, including view of depression, service and themselves. Another two themes were highlighted in their narratives as well: the linkage of their losses with depression and the dehumanized treatment in the hospital.
Their stories have provided comprehensive materials for an in-depth understanding of depressed middle-aged adults in Beijing. Based on the findings, recommendations are made to knowledge development, policymakers and clinical social workers in helping the depressed clients. It is necessary for our society and mental health professionals in different areas to work together to help them and build an inclusive society.
Detailed summary in vernacular field only.
Detailed summary in vernacular field only.
Detailed summary in vernacular field only.
Detailed summary in vernacular field only.
Detailed summary in vernacular field only.
Detailed summary in vernacular field only.
Shi, Song.
Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2012.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 228-245).
Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web.
Abstracts and appendixes also in Chinese.
Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1
Chapter 1.1 --- Rationale of the study --- p.1
Chapter 1.2 --- Background of the study --- p.2
Chapter 1.3 --- Research Questions --- p.3
Chapter 1.4 --- Purposes and significance of the research --- p.4
Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.7
Chapter 2.1 --- Adult depression --- p.7
Chapter 2.1.1 --- Definition of adults’ depression --- p.7
Chapter 2.1.2 --- Different perspectives on “depression“ --- p.9
Chapter 2.1.3 --- Social factors associated with adult depression --- p.24
Chapter 2.1.4 --- Cultural influences in Chinese society --- p.32
Chapter 2.2 --- Treatment of depressed adults --- p.36
Chapter 2.2.1 --- Psychotherapy --- p.36
Chapter 2.2.2 --- Medication --- p.38
Chapter 2.3 --- Research on subjective experiences of people with mental disorders --- p.39
Chapter 2.4 --- Research on depression in Mainland China --- p.48
Chapter 2.5 --- The roles of social work in mental health services --- p.51
Chapter Chapter 3 --- Research Methodology --- p.58
Chapter 3.1 --- Paradigmatic Considerations --- p.58
Chapter 3.1.1 --- Social constructionism --- p.58
Chapter 3.1.2 --- Social construction and mental illness --- p.61
Chapter 3.1.3 --- Theoretical Framework --- p.63
Chapter 3.2 --- Research Design --- p.70
Chapter 3.2.1 --- Qualitative research strategy --- p.70
Chapter 3.2.2 --- Sampling strategies --- p.75
Chapter 3.2.3 --- Data collection procedures --- p.84
Chapter 3.2.4 --- Data analysis procedures --- p.86
Chapter 3.2.5 --- Strategies for validating findings --- p.88
Chapter 3.3 --- Ethical issues --- p.91
Chapter Chapter 4 --- Research findings --- p.93
Chapter 4.1 --- The experiences of the participants --- p.93
Chapter 4.1.1 --- The experience during the onset of depression --- p.94
Chapter 4.1.2 --- The experience in hospital --- p.118
Chapter 4.1.3 --- The experience in the rehabilitation period --- p.131
Chapter 4.2 --- The interpretation of their experiences --- p.142
Chapter 4.2.1 --- The interpretation of the process of suffering from depression --- p.143
Chapter 4.2.2 --- The interpretation of the process of recovery --- p.148
Chapter 4.3 --- Advice on their needs --- p.154
Chapter 4.3.1 --- The hospital --- p.154
Chapter 4.3.2 --- The community --- p.159
Chapter 4.3.3 --- Mass media --- p.161
Chapter 4.3.4 --- The government --- p.164
Chapter 4.4 --- Summary --- p.170
Chapter Chapter 5 --- Discussion and Recommendation --- p.171
Chapter 5.1 --- Characteristics of the participants in this study --- p.171
Chapter 5.2 --- Social and historical factors affecting the clients’ interpretation of suffering from depression --- p.173
Chapter 5.2.1 --- Social beliefs and cultural values --- p.174
Chapter 5.2.2 --- Social context --- p.183
Chapter 5.2.3 --- Historical events --- p.184
Chapter 5.3 --- Themes --- p.186
Chapter 5.3.1 --- Change of Cognitive Style --- p.187
Chapter 5.3.2 --- The linkage of loss with depression --- p.190
Chapter 5.3.3 --- The dehumanized treatment of hospitalization --- p.193
Chapter 5.3.4 --- The interrelationships among the themes --- p.195
Chapter 5.4 --- Revisiting the proposed conceptual framework --- p.197
Chapter 5.5 --- Significance and recommendations --- p.200
Chapter 5.5.1 --- Significance and recommendations --- p.201
Chapter 5.5.2 --- Limitations --- p.214
Chapter Appendix A: --- Possible Probes for interview (English Version & Chinese Version) --- p.218
Chapter Appendix B: --- Oral Consent form (English Version & Chinese version) --- p.225
References --- p.228
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Dichter, Gabriel S. "Relative left frontal hypoactiviation in adolescents at risk for depression". Diss., 2001. http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-0726101-101310/.
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Fisha, Senathi. "Depression among African patients : three diagnostic approaches". Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28862.
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The aim of this study was to determine the usefulness of the following instruments for the diagnosis of depression among Africans: The Beck Depression Inventory (2nd Edition) (BDI-II), the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (Revised) (MMPI-2) and the Rorschach Inkblot Test (scored in terms of Exner's Comprehensive System). With regard to the MMPI-2, the focus was on the Depressed Suicidal Ideation Critical Item Scale, but the following Critical Item Scales were also examined: Acute Anxiety State, Somatic Symptoms and Family Conflict. With regard to the Rorschach, the Depression Index (DE PI) and the Suicide Constellation (S-CON) were examined. A Structured Questionnaire was used to obtain background information on the patients. The sample consisted of 162 African patients between the ages of 18 and 50 years that were seen in a private practice in Pretoria, Gauteng. All the patients had an educational level of at least Grade 12. The patients were diagnosed according to DSM-IV criteria as suffering from Dysthymia, Major Depression or Adjustment Disorder with Depressed Mood. The personal background information about the patients that was examined included: sources of and reasons for referral, presenting symptoms, views about the causes of depression, and experience of the self. Relevant statistical analyses were done to investigate the reliability and validity of the measurement instruments and to determine if there were any gender or age biases in the results. In contrast to the findings of earlier research that depressed African patients mainly present with physical complaints, the patients who participated in the study predominantly presented with emotional and cognitive symptoms similar to what is found in Western countries. Only a few patients referred to traditional African beliefs such as witchcraft, and most of them interpreted their illness in terms of interpersonal problems, especially in their relationships with other family members. The BDI-II was found to be a reliable and valid instrument that could be used for the diagnosis of depression among African patients. Of the 162 MMPI protocols, 46.3% were invalid. It was especially on the L, F, F(B) and Cs scales that large numbers of patients obtained scores higher than the cut-off scores. The reliabilities of the Critical Item Scales were acceptable, except for the Family Conflict scale, and these scales thus generally appear to be useful for diagnostic purposes in an African context. The mean score on the Depressed Suicidal Ideation Scale was, however, relatively low. The MMPI-2 rendered a large number of misdiagnoses of Schizophrenia and Personality Disorder and only a few of the patients obtained a diagnosis of a depressive disorder. Although the patients found the MMPI-2 too long and the language too complex, they generally experienced the test positively. The DEPI and S-CON rendered a large number of false negatives which indicates that if these indeces are used for assessing depression, it should be done in conjunction with other diagnostic methods. The Rorschach nevertheless proved to be useful for identifying psychodynamic processes that could be used therapeutically. A low and statistically non-significant positive correlation was found between the BDI-II and the DEPI. Both the BDI-II and the DEPI correlated positively with the Depressed Suicidal Ideation scale. The S-CON did not correlate significantly with any of the other scales.Thesis (DPhil (Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2006.
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Brunshaw, Jacqueline M. "Process of change in emotion-focused therapy : narrative theme analysis and the development and application of a change process model /". 2005. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:NR19784.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2005. Graduate Programme in Psychology.Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 326-340). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:NR19784
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Noël, La Tonya Mayon 1974. "Causal beliefs and treatment preferences for the symptoms of depression among chronically ill African Americans, Latino, and White patients". Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/3768.
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The focus of the research study is to explore chronically ill African American, Latino, and White patients' causal attributions of symptoms of depression and factors that predict depression care treatment preferences among these groups. Research has demonstrated that perception of illness impacts what treatments a person will deem appropriate for their mental health problems and from whom they will seek treatment. Research also indicates that certain ethnic groups are more likely to seek treatment for their symptoms of depression in the primary care setting. Yet, it is unclear how they actually perceive their symptoms and what best predicts the treatments that they are likely to consider acceptable. A convenient sample of 109 HIV+ adults, 79 diabetic adults, and 3 adults with both conditions were recruited for this study. Participants had to be receiving services for either HIV, diabetes, or both conditions in one of the three central Austin facilities and be a representative from one of three racial/ethnic groups: African Americans, Latino, and White. Differences were found across ethnicity with regard to causal beliefs and treatment preferences for the symptoms of depression both among the HIV and the diabetic subgroups. Latinos in both groups were more likely than Whites to prefer counseling or a single form of treatment over combined treatment methods. Diabetic Latinos were more likely to prefer counseling for symptoms of depression. HIV seropositive individuals who reported the least number of symptoms of physical illness were more likely to attribute their symptoms of depression to stressful life events, whereas those who reported the greatest number of symptoms of physical illness were more likely to attribute their symptoms of depression to their medical illness. Additionally among the HIV subgroup, individuals who reported high stress tended to predict the preferences for treatment provided by a psychiatrist/psychologist and Whites scored highest on this factor. Finally, differences in depression scores across race/ethnicity were also revealed. The utility of assessing a patient's understanding of symptoms of depression in order to determine how personal illness models impact treatment preferences and knowledge of patient's causal attributions can aid medical social workers and physicians in collaborative management of chronic illness and depression are discussed.
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Gordon, Laurel Bonnie. "Client perceptual processing in cognitive behavioural therapy and process-experiential therapy for depression /". 2007. http://link.library.utoronto.ca/eir/EIRdetail.cfm?Resources__ID=478872&T=F.
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Louie, Mark Edward. "Exploring the Relationship Between Resistance Training and Resilience in Black/African American Men With Depressive Symptoms". Thesis, 2019. https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-26fx-fh55.
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This dissertation was a sub-study of a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded randomized clinical trial (R21 NR016112) that examined the effects of resistance training (RT; i.e., weight lifting) on depression in Black/African American (AA) men. The focus of this study was to examine resilience in that population. Resilience is one’s ability to adapt, withstand, and grow in the face of adversity and stress, and it is thought to be inversely associated with stress-related mental illness. Previous research has linked resilience with other intrapersonal factors such as physical self-concept (PSC), and mastery experiences, yet no study has examined the role exercise might play in these relationships. Purpose: To conduct the first study to examine the effects of RT on resilience and PSC, and to explore how mastery experiences might affect these variables. Methods: Twenty-nine participants in the parent study were randomized into either a 12-week RT group or time-matched control. Both groups were required to attend two on-site sessions per week (i.e., 24 total sessions), and all completed questionnaires at three time points (baseline, week 6, week 13). Changes in resilience, PSC, and mastery were analyzed using a series of linear mixed models. Results: There was a significant effect of Time (t = 2.3, p = .02) for resilience, such that the mean score significantly increased by 2.9 points from baseline to the Week 13 in the aggregated sample. There was no significant effect of Group; however, the resistance training group significantly increased their resilience from baseline to Week 13 (p < .01). There was a significant effect of Group (t = 2.5, p = .02) and Time (t= 2.4, p < .01) on PSC from baseline to Week 13. In addition, the results revealed that for every 1-unit increase in PSC from baseline to Week 13, there was a 0.1-point increase in resilience for the aggregated sample. Mastery was not related to any outcome. Conclusion: Results suggest that RT has the potential to influence both resilience and PSC. Furthermore, changes in PSC appeared to be associated with changes in resilience. Future research will be needed to better understand these associations.
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Tsai, I.-Hsuan Hwang Lu-Yu Pompeii Lisa. "The association of internet use and depression among spinal cord injury population". 2009. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1467468.
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Lewis, Heinz Alexandra. "Kids Can Screw Up Their Parents, Too: An Analysis of the Reciprocal Influences Between Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Child Problem Behaviors From Child Age 2 to 15". Thesis, 2015. https://doi.org/10.7916/D8B27TXH.
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In spite of theoretical models representing a bidirectional pattern of influence between children and mothers (Sameroff & MacKenzie, 2003), few comprehensive longitudinal studies have examined how maternal psychological functioning and child behavior relate to each other over time. This study explored the transactional relationship between child problem behavior (i.e., internalizing and externalizing) and maternal depressive symptoms from toddlerhood to adolescence. The transactional dynamic was conceptualized in two ways—(a) parallel growth and (b) bidirectional effects—in terms of timing, direction, and the magnitude of effects, as well as how effects were moderated by gender and level of maternal depressive symptoms. Data were drawn from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (N = 1,179). Using advanced statistical techniques in the structural equation modeling framework, such as multivariate latent growth curve models, latent class analyses, and fully autoregressive cross-lagged models, these findings demonstrate that in contrast to the traditional unidirectional maternal effects framework, the transactional dynamic more accurately represents the relationship between maternal and child functioning.
Specifically, results indicated that the relationship between child internalizing behavior and maternal depressive symptoms was more strongly characterized as a parallel growth dynamic, whereas child externalizing behavior and maternal depressive symptoms more consistently exerted mutual influence. Bidirectional effects were not restricted to periods of heightened psychosocial stress, such as toddlerhood, adolescence, or transitions in school. Gender and level of maternal depressive symptoms moderated this bidirectional association. Maternal depressive symptoms had the largest effect on child internalizing behavior in middle childhood. Children’s externalizing behaviors in toddlerhood and early childhood had a strong effect on maternal depressive symptoms; the magnitude of this effect was greater than any other pathway from children to mothers or mothers to children. Findings suggest that children’s externalizing and internalizing behavior may serve as a potential risk factor for future increases in maternal depressive symptoms.
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Nosrat, Sanaz. "Acute Effects of Resistance Exercise Intensity in a Depressed HIV Sample: The Exercise for People Who Are Immunocompromised (EPIC) Study". Thesis, 2018. https://doi.org/10.7916/D8VT38GS.
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Introduction: In the US, Black/African Americans comprise the largest proportion of People Living with HIV (PLWH). Depressive symptoms and fatigue are highly prevalent among PLWH. Depressive symptoms are linked to progression of HIV disease, and fatigue is linked to severity of depressive symptoms. Resistance exercise is known to have psychological benefits in non-HIV depressed populations, and these benefits are hypothesized to be intensity-dependent. That is, moderate intensity exercise seems to stimulate better psychological outcomes compared to other exercise intensities. To date, no study has examined the acute psychological effects of resistance exercise intensity with depressed PLWH. Purpose: To test the acute effects of resistance exercise intensity on affect, perceived activation, and perceived distress among sedentary Black/African American PLWH who experience depressive symptoms. Methods: Twenty-five men and 17 women ages 24-66 (47.5±11.2) with a Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale score of ≥10 completed a battery of questionnaires and 10-repetition maximum (10-RM) muscular strength tests. Participants were randomized into a moderate intensity resistance exercise group (i.e., 70% of 10-RM), n=21, or vigorous intensity resistance exercise group (i.e., 100% of 10-RM), n=21. Both groups completed 3 sets of 10 repetitions for 5 exercises at the assigned intensity. Exercises include squat, chest press, lat pull-down, dumbbell shoulder press, and dumbbell biceps curl. Affect, perceived activation, and perceived distress were measured with the Feeling Scale, Felt Arousal Scale, and Subjective Units of Distress Scale, respectively. Measures were administered at PRE, MID, POST, at 15-minute DELAY, and at 30-minute DELAY. Changes were analyzed using repeated measures ANOVA, with Bonferroni adjustments for post-hoc analyses. Results: There were significant Time x Group interactions for affect (F=2.6, p=0.03, η2=0.1), and perceived distress (F=5.5, p<0.01, η2=0.1), and a main effect of Time for perceived activation (F=16.2, p<0.001, η2=0.3). In the moderate intensity group, affect improved PRE to POST (t=3.2, p<0.01, d=0.7), PRE to DELAY 15 (t=4.1, p<0.01, d=0.9), and PRE to DELAY 30 (t=4.1, p<0.001, d=0.7). In addition, perceived distress was reduced from PRE to MID (t=4.2, p<0.001, d=0.9), PRE to POST (t=5.5, p<0.001, d=1.2), PRE to DELAY 15 (t=5.6, p<0.001, d=1.2), and PRE to DELAY 30 (t=6.7, p<0.001, d=1.5). In the vigorous intensity group, affect declined PRE to MID (t=2.9, p<0.01, d=-0.6), while perceived distress improved PRE to DELAY 15 (t=4.8, p<0.001, d=1.0) and PRE to DELAY 30 (t=3.5, p<0.01, d=0.7). Perceived activation increased in both groups similarly PRE to MID (t=5.1, p<0.01, d=1.5), and PRE to POST (t=6.1, p<0.001, d=1.8). Conclusions: Results suggest that an acute bout of moderate intensity resistance exercise is more effective than vigorous intensity resistance exercise in improving affect, increasing energy, and reducing distress in depressed Black/African American PLWH. However, vigorous intensity resistance exercise also appears to have distress-reducing benefits, but this appears to only occur after exercise. These findings should be considered when prescribing exercise for depressive symptom management in this population.
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"中國城市居民的親屬關係與精神健康: 親屬網絡與支持對心理抑鬱的影響 : 以北京為例". Thesis, 2009. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b6074937.
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At last, we found some basic characteristics in Chinese kinship. Couple and child-parent are still the pivots in present urban China. Filial piety is undergoing many changes. For adult children, parents are important in instrumental supports. And siblings are hardly regarded as expected supporters.For urban Chinese, close-kin playa prominent role in all the support networks. Close-kin include adult children, parents, and siblings. Additionally, supportive roles of different kin are diffused. Spouse and adult children are the most prominent source of support for dealing with both instrumental and emotional problems. In particular, their emotional supports are more significantly beneficial to people's mental health. Parents are the important instrumental supporters, rather than in emotional aspects. Siblings are sitable for contact, but they are not the expected supporters. Extended kin relations are insignificant in any of support dimensions.
It is widely recognized that social relationships have powerful effects on mental health. This empirical study aims at examining this theory among urban Chinese. Based on the dataset of "social networks and mental health in Beijing in 2000", the focus of this research is how depression of the residents in Beijing is related to their kinship (especially, close-kin) networks and supports. The network structural characters include "network size", "frequency of contact", and "residence distance". The functional elements of support include instrumental support and emotional support. CES-D (The Centre for Epidemiological Studies of Depression scale) is used to measure depression.
The major findings in theoretical dimension are: (1) Social supports have main effects, namely social supports are helpful to mental health regardless of stressors people might experience. (2) Some kinds of kinship networks have direct and indirect effects (mediated by kinship supports) on depression. This result also partially confirms "the support argument", which suggests that the social networks enhance the likelihood of accessing support which in turn provides the protective function against distress.
孫薇薇.
Adviser: Rance Pui Leng Lee.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 72-10, Section: A, page: .
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-212).
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Abstracts in Chinese and English.
Sun Weiwei.
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"Psychiatric morbidity of stroke in Hong Kong Chinese patients: dementia and depression". Thesis, 2005. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b6074006.
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PDSE are common (19.6%) in the local stroke population. Both premorbid factors as well as stroke-related factors contribute to the development of PRSD and PSDE. The application of different diagnostic criteria for PSDE will affect the frequency and the associated radiological characteristics. As regards the screening methods of PSDE, a more specific instrument should supplement the IQCODE or MDRS-IP in a two-stage screening procedure.PSD is also common (16--17%) among local stroke survivors. Both psychosocial factors and the location of cerebrovascular lesions play an important role in the development of PSD. PSD in local Chinese seems to have a favorable short-term outcome in comparison with their Caucasian counterparts. With regard to the screening of PSD in Chinese, we found that both the GDS and HADS depression subscale have a satisfactory response rate and accuracy in detecting PSD. However, due to the relative low frequency of PSD in the local stroke population, a more specific instrument should supplement the GDS in a two-stage screening procedure. Finally, the familiarity of the rater with the subjects based on a preexisting therapeutic relationship did not influence the accuracy of screening for PSD in Chinese patients.
There has been a paucity of data on the frequency, clinical correlates and methods of screening of poststroke dementia (PSDE) and depression (PSD) in Chinese populations. The objective of this thesis is to examine the prevalence, diagnostic criteria and clinical correlates of PSDE and PSD in Chinese stroke patients in Hong Kong. A series of studies were all carried out; the author of the thesis had interviewed all the subjects 1--3 months after their index stroke and made the diagnosis of dementia and depression according to the DSM-IV criteria.
Tang Wai Kwong.
"July 2005."
Adviser: Gabor S. Ungvari.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-01, Section: B, page: 0177.
Thesis (M.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 136-191).
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Saayman, Jurita Yvonne. "The influence of the philosophical stance of the narrative pastoral therapist in group therapy". Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1675.
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This study enquires into the influence of the philosophical stance of a narrative pastoral therapist in therapeutic groups for people living with depression within a church context. For the purpose of this study, a philosophical stance is defined as a metaphorical position which represents the therapist's epistemological stance and which shapes his or her interactions with the therapy group members. An explanation of the building blocks of the therapist's preferred philosophical stance is provided, the influence of modern and postmodern discourses in developing such a stance is discussed, and the effects of the therapist's philosophical stance on the group members are explored. The research is directed towards everyone who is involved in pastoral therapeutic groups for people with depression. The study found that concepts such as 'relational', 'collaborative', 'participatory approach', 'mutual care,', 'self-other growth' and 'co-creation' highlight some of the most helpful contributions provided by the therapist's preferred philosophical stance.Practical Theology
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Taljaard, Lian. "Adherence to antidepressants in psychiatry: a descriptive survey of outpatients in Johannesburg, Gauteng". Diss., 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/21169.
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Text in EnglishPharmacological treatment is often required in the management of psychiatric disorders. Non-adherence to medication represents a significant health concern that prevents patients from fully benefitting from their treatment, and can lead to negative consequences for individuals, their families and the healthcare system. The adherence rates to antidepressant medications in a sample of psychiatric outpatients in the Johannesburg Metropolitan district of Gauteng Province were examined. A descriptive survey method was employed to systematically collect data from n=377 patients using a structured, non-clinical questionnaire and the 8-item Morisky Medication Adherence Questionnaire. Variables were analysed using descriptive and correlational statistical methods. Antidepressant adherence rates were reported as 47.7% (low), 31.3% (medium) and 21% (high). These high rates represent a concern in antidepressant treatment, and health care practitioners and health systems must take this into consideration when planning and developing interventions to improve adherence in this area. The current study found significant correlations between antidepressant adherence rates and some medication-, health system- and moderating variables. Based on these findings, interventions that provide appropriate health-related education about treatment and improved social support systems may be effective in addressing antidepressant non-adherence in psychiatric outpatients in this region.
Psychology
M. Soc.Sc. (Psychology)