SOCIAL-VOCATIONAL ADJUSTMENT IN UNIPOLAR MOOD DISORDERS - RESULTS OF THE DSM-IV FIELD TRIAL

430 patients participating in the DSM-IV field trial receiving a DSM-I II-R SCID-derived diagnosis of episodic major depression (n = 131), dy sthymic disorder (n = 37) and double depression (n = 262) completed th e social adjustment scale-self-report (Weissman and Bothwell, 1976), P atients with double depression demonstrated greater social morbidity t han those suffering from episodic major depression or dysthymic disord er (P < 0.05), Significant predictors of high social morbidity in doub le depressives included severity of symptoms (P < 0.0001), followed by age of onset of first major depression (P < 0.04), Subscale analysis revealed that double depressives were significantly more impaired in w ork outside the home and in terms of their financial status (P < 0.05) .