Social adjustment does not predict depressive relapse during continuation fluoxetine therapy.

Overview

The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between social adjustment and the risk of depressive relapse during continuation antidepressant treatment. The Social Adjustment Scale-Self Report Version (SAS-SR) was used to assess a broad range of social functioning before and after acute treatment in 41 outpatients with unipolar depression who responded to fluoxetine and then continued on this antidepressant. No differences were detected between those who relapsed and those who stayed well with regard to pre- and posttreatment SAS-SR total or subscale scores. These data suggest that social functioning does not affect the risk of relapse while depressed patients are taking fluoxetine continuation treatment.