F Ferland, R Ladouceur, F Vitaro
[Efficiency of a gambling prevention program for youths: results from the pilot study]
L'Encephale
recurrent depressive episodes preceded changing mean levels repeatedly assessed emotions eg feeling restless detected real time using statistical process control spc study investigated whether monitoring changes standard deviation sd emotions negative thinking improves early detection recurrent depression formerly depressed adults n 41 monitored emotions five times day 4 consecutive months study 22 individuals experienced recurrent depression used spc detect warning signs ie changing means sds four emotions positive negative affect high low arousal negative thinking sdbased warning signs preceded 2336 recurrences almost never reflected false alarm 016 correspondingly sdbased warnings high specificity cost sensitivity meanbased warnings higher sensitivity lower specificity little overlap mean sdbased warning signs majority emotions monitoring high sds alongside monitoring changes mean levels improved detection depression p 015 compared monitoring changing mean levels warning signs depression manifest changing mean levels emotions cognitions also increasing sds warnings could eventually used detect increased risk depression also risk rising research needed evaluate clinical utility depression spc psycinfo database record c 2024 apa rights reserved