SOCIAL-ADJUSTMENT DOES NOT PREDICT DEPRESSIVE RELAPSE DURING CONTINUATION FLUOXETINE THERAPY

The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between socia l adjustment and the risk of depressive relapse during continuation an tidepressant treatment. The Social Adjustment Scale-Self Report Versio n (SAS-SR) was used to assess a broad range of social functioning befo re and after acute treatment in 41 outpatients with unipolar depressio n who responded to fluoxetine and then continued on this antidepressan t. No differences were detected between those who relapsed and those w ho stayed well with regard to pre- and posttreatment SAS-SR total or s ubscale scores. These data suggest that social functioning does not af fect the risk of relapse while depressed patients are taking fluoxetin e continuation treatment.