31 December 2013: Letter to the Editor
Coping resources are transformed by the sequence of adverse life events
Andrzej Brodziak AEF , Piotr Z. Brewczyński
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.890118
Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1227-1228
Abstract
ABSTRACT:
Keywords: Adaptation, Psychological - physiology, Depression - psychology, Interviews as Topic, Life Change Events, Personality - physiology, Stress, Psychological
Conclusions
In conclusion, we would like to emphasize that the “strategies used by patients before the onset of the diseases and thus become risk factors for depression” can transform gradually as a manifestation of the sequence of adverse life events. In addition, coping resources can deteriorate after the onset of symptoms of depression. The in-depth interview in which the patient is asked about past manifestations of inherited favorable traits like optimism, curiosity, and coherence can help to distinguish these two considered situations. This distinction is important for counseling mentally ill persons and planning their treatment.
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