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Late-life consequences of affective spectrum disorder — first place 1995 IPA/Bayer Research Awards in Psychogeriatrics
Author(s)	George E Vaillant, John Orav, Stephanie E Meyer,
Journal title	International Psychogeriatrics, vol 8, no 1, Spring 1996
Pages	pp 13-32
Keywords	Affective disorders ; Males ; Ill health ; Longitudinal surveys ; Indicators ; United States of America.
Annotation	Recent research suggests that affective disorder is associated with increased mortality and physical morbidity, but the reasons for this association remain unclear. This report describes a 50-year prospective study of 240 men evaluated from when they were university students in 1940-1942. 25 men were identified as having affective spectrum disorder prior to age 53. The presence of affective spectrum disorder was the most powerful predictor of poor psychosocial outcome at age 65 and one of the most powerful predictors of poor physical health. Affective spectrum disorder, even in an educated population without antisocial trends, carries a profound negative risk to late-life physical and social adjustment.
Accession Number	CPA-960925003 A
Classmark	ELA: SG: CH: 3J: 3RI: 7T
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