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Reports on defense styles in depression.

Marie Bronnec1, Emmanuelle Corruble, Bruno Falissard

  • 1Department of Psychiatry, Bicêtre Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, Paris, France.

Psychopathology
|February 23, 2005
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Informants can help assess personality defenses in depressed patients, offering insights into premorbid functioning. Their assessments show moderate agreement with patient self-reports and capture changes during treatment.

Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Psychology
  • Clinical Assessment

Background:

  • Assessing personality in depressed patients is challenging due to the 'state effect' of depression.
  • Clinicians often rely on collateral information from close informants.
  • This study investigated the validity of informant assessments of defense styles in major depression.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine if informants can accurately assess the defense styles of depressed patients.
  • To examine the validity of informant-based defense style assessments compared to patient self-reports.
  • To explore the utility of informant reports in understanding premorbid personality functioning.

Main Methods:

  • Sixty-three inpatients with major depression were assessed using the Defense Style Questionnaire (DSQ) at admission (D0) and after 28 days of treatment (D28).

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  • Informants completed an adapted version of the DSQ (INF-DSQ) for the patient's current (D0, D28) and premorbid (D0) functioning.
  • Depression severity was measured using the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale.

    • Main Results:

    • Moderate agreement was found between patient and informant DSQ scores at both D0 and D28.
    • Mature defense scores increased, and immature defense scores decreased significantly from D0 to D28 for both patient and informant reports.
    • Informants could distinguish premorbid from current defenses at D0 but not at D28.

    Conclusions:

    • Close informants can provide valuable insights into the premorbid personality defenses of depressed patients.
    • The INF-DSQ shows potential for assessing premorbid defenses, but requires further validation in diverse patient groups.
    • Informant assessments may aid in understanding personality dynamics beyond the acute depressive episode.