Analysis of the trajectory of care of a cohort of 280 depressive patients. Initial results
Ferrero, F.; Hermann, P.; Perraudin, G.; Richard-Gaudard, S.; Tricot, L.
Acta Psychiatrica Belgica 86(4): 381-387
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-8967 PMID: 3788634 Document Number: 273104
This work presents an analysis instrument and the first results obtained while applying it to 280 depressive patients compared to 496 non-depressive patients who were followed during a 4 year period. The treatment follow-up permits us to present the chronological "history" of the patient's contacts with different services and to establish a classification. One of the interests, for the clinician, consists in specifying the best therapeutical approach possible. A more detailed study should allow us to relate certain patterns with diagnostic subcategories and to determine if the high proportion of short patterns corresponds to the "successful" treatments or to the dropouts.