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L Tondo

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[Unemployment and depression. Results of a psychometric evaluation].

The Authors evaluate the issue about the search of first employment and the depressive effects possibly linked to it. The research includes two groups of unemployed and two control groups of workers. Sex difference has been taken into account. After a preliminary semi-structured interview, all subjects have been evaluated by the means of psychological tests. The psychometric values considered include the D and Ma scales of MMPI and their difference as proposed by Diamond, and the Beck Depression Rating Scale. The results do not show a significant correlation between the search for first employment and the presence of depressive traits.

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[Depressive features in unemployed individuals].

The present research deals with a psychometric evaluation of depressive features in a group of laid-off compared with a control group of full-time workers. Sex differences has been taken into account in the comparison. (The laid-off workers belong to a group under an unemployment fund, Cassa Integrazione Guadagni, which continues paying about 80% of the ex-employee's last wage for an undetermined period of time). The psychometric elements considered include the D and Ma scales of MMPI and their difference as proposed by Diamond, and the Beck Depression Rating Scale. The results, still preliminary, show that work deprivation, even with the financial subsidy from the unemployment fund, can be considered a life event able to provoke a depressive symptomatology.

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[Discontinuation of chronic treatment with lithium salts].

The present research reports some results concerning the discontinuation of a long-term treatment with lithium in two groups of bipolar patients, BPI and BPII. The aim of the research is the evaluation of the causes leading to the discontinuation of the treatment and its effects. In all subjects the treatment, not combined with other medications, was effective for at least two years before discontinuation. The results show a percentage of recurrences similar to that reported by other Authors, with significant differences that point out a greater risk of recurrences after an abrupt discontinuation. The hypotheses concerning early recurrences are discussed, taking into account the different features of the recurrences in the two groups.

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