Publications by authors named "Anita Scheper"
Clin Psychol Psychother
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- Depression is typically viewed as a disease caused by a common factor, but this study takes a network approach, focusing on how individual symptoms influence each other and their dynamics over time.
- Using the Symptom Questionnaire-48 (SQ-48), researchers examined patient data with dynamic time warp analyses, discovering significant interconnections between various symptoms and how certain symptoms led to changes in others.
- The study identified five symptoms ('hopeless', 'restless', 'down/depressed', 'feeling tense', and 'no enjoyment') that could be targeted for more effective, personalized treatments, though the focus on severely depressed inpatients limits the generalizability of the findings.
