스트레스의 정도와 정동장애

The Severity of Stresses and Affective Disorders

Many psychiatrists have been convinced that stresses play an important role in the precipitation of affective disorders. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the contribution of stresses to the first attack of affective disorders by comparative studies, that four paired affective disorder groups were examined by x2-test in terms of the severity of stresses. Following results were obtained from 47 patients of bipolar disorder, 39 patients of major depression, and 38 patients of dysthymic disorder, who visited the neuropsychiatric department of Seoul Red Cross Hospital during the period from November 1978 to October 1981. 1. In comparison of major depression and dysthymic disorder, significant difference was not noted in terms of the seveity of stresses. But major depression had relatively many severe & moderate stresses, whereas dystymic disorder had many mild stresses. 2. There was no significant difference between bipolar disorder and major depression in terms of the severity of stresses. 3. There was no significant difference between bipolar disorders with and without psychotic features in terms of the severity of stresses. 4. There was no significant difference between major depressions with features in terms of the and without psychotic severity of stresses