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Depression and attachment problems

O Pettem1, M West, A Mahoney

  • 1Department of Psychology, Calgary General Hospital, Alberta, Canada.

Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience : JPN
|March 1, 1993
PubMed
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Depressed psychiatric patients exhibit an anxious attachment style, seeking excessive reassurance or withdrawing angrily when their need for security is unmet. This finding relates to Bowlby

Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Psychology
  • Attachment Theory

Background:

  • Attachment patterns influence mental health outcomes.
  • Understanding attachment in psychiatric populations is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate attachment characteristics in depressed psychiatric patients.
  • To compare attachment patterns between depressed and non-depressed psychiatric individuals.

Main Methods:

  • Study included 42 depressed psychiatric patients and 42 non-depressed psychiatric controls.
  • Assessment of attachment characteristics in relation to attachment figures.

Main Results:

  • Depressed subjects showed an anxious attachment pattern.
  • This pattern involved intense care-seeking or angry withdrawal when security needs were frustrated.

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Conclusions:

  • Findings support the relevance of Bowlby's attachment construct in understanding depression.
  • Anxious attachment may be a key feature in psychiatric depression.