Depressed patients' perceptions of facial emotions in depressed and remitted states are associated with relapse: a longitudinal study

AL Bouhuys, E Geerts, MCM Gordijn - The Journal of nervous and …, 1999 - journals.lww.com
Within the framework of interpersonal and cognitive theories of depression, we investigated
whether the perception of facial emotions was associated with subsequent relapse into
depression. The 23 inpatients with major depression who remitted (65 admitted patients)
were studied at admission (T0), at discharge (T1), and 6 months thereafter to assess
relapse. They judged schematic faces with respect to the expression of positive and
negative emotions. Six patients (26.1%) relapsed. High levels of perception of negative …