Pattern of recurrence of illness after recovery from an episode of major depression: a prospective study

This study assessed prospectively the pattern of recurrence of illness after recovery from an episode of major depression.Seventy-two patients who had recovered from an episode of primary, nonbipolar, nonpsychotic major depression were evaluated bimonthly with the Comprehensive Psychopathological Rating Scale for a period ranging from 20 to 108 months (median = 66 months). New ("prospective") episodes were ascertained with a structured...