Depression in midlife woman: A study with users of primary health services

• Autor(a) principal: Gonçalves, Bruno
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Fagulha, Teresa, Ferreira, Ana
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.17575/rpsicol.v19i1/2.397
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This study is based on the data collected in an investigation regarding Primary Health Care patients. The prevalence of depressive disorders is studied in a sample of women with ages ranging between 35 and 65 years. All women (n = 179) responded to the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), and 127 agreed to participate in a structured clinical interview adapted from the evaluation of mood disorders section of the Structured Clinical Interwiew for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID-I) in order to evaluate the presence of various forms of depression according to the DSM-IV criteria. It was verified that 13% of these women met the criteria for the diagnosis of a Major Depressive Episode, 19% met the criteria for Dysthymic Disorder and 5,5% met the criteria proposed for a Minor Depressive Episode. The relation of age, education level, marital status, work for pay, having children, children at home, dependent children and other socio-demographic variables with the rate of depressive disorders is studied. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17575/rpsicol.v19i1/2.397