Social functioning in patients with depressive and anxiety disorders

ConclusionsBehavioural but especially affective indicators of social functioning are impaired in patients with anxiety or depressive disorders and most in patients with comorbid disorders. After remission of affective psychopathology, residual impairments tend to remain, while social dysfunction in patients seems predictive of future psychopathology.

Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica - August 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: I. M. J. Saris, M. Aghajani, S. J. A. Werff, N. J. A. Wee, B. W. J. H. Penninx Tags: Original Article Source Type: research