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Estudio descriptivo-exploratorio del trastorno depresivo mayor: aproximaciones psicológicas y sociodemográficas de pacientes hospitalizados en la Clínica Psiquiátrica Nuestra Señora de la Paz / Descriptive-Exploratory Study of Major Depressive Disorder: A Psychological and Sociodemographic Approximation of Inpatients at the Clínica Nuestra Señora de la Paz
Caycedo Bustos, Martha Ligia; Jiménez S., Karim.
  • Caycedo Bustos, Martha Ligia; s.af
  • Jiménez S., Karim; s.af
Rev. colomb. psiquiatr ; 34(4): 515-528, dic. 2005. ilus, tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-636287
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Objetivos: Analizar la relación entre la depresión mayor y las características sociodemográficas y psicológicas de pacientes hospitalizados en la Clínica Nuestra Señora de la Paz que habían sido atendidos por el Servicio de Psicología, en el período 2000-2001 con diagnóstico de depresión mayor. Métodos: Diseño de tipo descriptivo-exploratorio; se trabajó con una población de 100 pacientes a quienes se les hizo una entrevista semiestructurada; se revisó la historia clínica institucional con el fin de complementar información. Para el análisis se utilizaron procedimientos de estadística descriptiva: combinación de variables. Resultados: 47% presentó diagnóstico de depresión mayor con uno o más intentos de suicidio; 25% presentó como método de suicidio utilizado la ingesta de sustancias. Conclusiones: Este estudio refleja la notoria influencia de variables psicológicas y sociodemográficas en la manifestación del trastorno depresivo mayor.
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Objectives: An approximation to the relation between Depression and attempted suicide and the sociodemographic and psychologic features in inpatient males and females at Clínica Nuestra Señora de la Paz. These patients were admitted to the Psychology Departament, referred from Psychiatry in the period between 2000-2001 with a diagnosis of Major Depression. Methods: Descriptive-Exploratory method designed with a population of 100 patients who were subject to a semistructured interview. The medical charts and histories were alsoreviewed to complement the information. Variables were analyzed using procedures of descriptive statistics. Variable combination and crossing. Results: Of the patients included in the study 53% had a diagnosis of Major Depression and 47% of them, besides the diagnosis, had 1 or 2 attempted suicides. Of the totality of the group, 25% used substance ingestion as the method for suicide, noting the influence of Psychologic and sociodemographic variables in the expression of Major Depressive Diorder. Conclussions: There is a notorious influence of psychological an sociodemographic variables in clinical signs of Major Depressive Disorder.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Suicide, Attempted / Depressive Disorder, Major Type of study: Qualitative research Language: Spanish Journal: Rev. colomb. psiquiatr Journal subject: Psychiatry Year: 2005 Type: Article

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Suicide, Attempted / Depressive Disorder, Major Type of study: Qualitative research Language: Spanish Journal: Rev. colomb. psiquiatr Journal subject: Psychiatry Year: 2005 Type: Article