Clinical use of coping in affective disorder, a critical review of the literature

Christensen, Maj Vinberg; Kessing, Lars Vedel

doi:10.1186/1745-0179-1-20

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Table 2 Short-term (3–6 months] studies of the relation between coping and mood disorder.

From: Clinical use of coping in affective disorder, a critical review of the literature

Study Controlled = CON	Follow-up month	Patients No.	Sex % Men	Mean age	Measures	Results
Parker [27] 1982, CON	4	95 from a non-clinical group	33	38 yr	BCG EF	Disturbances in antidepressive behaviours were more likely to be a consequence of rather than an antecedent of depression
Parker [28] 1986	4	43 depressed 66 volunteers	17 39	32 yr 42 yr	BDI, PSE CQ, ZDS	Higher self-consolation scores predicted less improvement. Those who scored low on three subscales self-consolation, distraction and socialization had better improvement
Schussler [29], 1992	2	40 depressed patients		45 yr	DS ADV-L	Found difficulty in distinguish between symptoms of depression and certain coping behaviours [e.g. withdrawal]
Ravindran [30] 1995 CON	6	17 dysthymia 17 depressive and 18 controls.	49	38 yr	MADRS, CSS HAM-A, CGIS DHUS, UCLA	Recovery from depression was associated with change in coping style, so that patients relied less on inappropriate emotion-focused coping strategies.
Kuehner [31] 1999	4	52 unipolar	42	44 yr	SCAN, PSE-10 IDD, RSQ	A diagnosis of depression was associated with rumination. Baseline rumination predicted follow-up levels of depression.
Uehara [32] 2002	4	36 depressed, 13 anxiety	39	39 yr	CISS, HRSD SAS, DSM-III	Task-oriented coping was influenced by depression. Emotion-oriented coping was influenced by anxiety. State and treatment phase affected coping measurement
Yamada [33] 2003	6	105 depressed patients	42	44 yr	COALA GAS HRDS	Patients with a good outcome at 6 months used significantly more rumination while patients with a poor outcome used significantly more dangerous activity

ADV-L Die Liste Antidepressiver Verhaltensweisen von Hautzinger. BDI Beck Depression Inventory. BCG Behavioural Change Questionnaire. CISS Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations.
COALA Comprehensive Assessment List for Affective Disorders. CQ Coping Questionnaire. CSS Coping Strategies Scale. DHUS Daily Hassles and Uplifts Scales.
DS Depressionsscale von v. Zerssen. DSM-IIII Diagnostic and Statistical Questionnaire Manuel of Mental Disorders fourth edition. EF Effectiveness Scale.
EHEI Early Home Enviroment Interview. GAS Global Assessment Scale. HAM-A Hamilton Anxiety Scale. HRSD Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression. IDD Inventory to Diagnose Depression.
LIFE Longitudinal Interval Follow-up Evaluation. MADRS Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale. RSQ Response Style Questionnaire. SAS Self-rating Anxiety Scale.
SCAN PSE 10 Schedules for clinical assessment in Neuropsychiatry with the Present State Examination, 10 th edition. SCID Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III. ZDS Zung Depression Scale.

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