Thesis--PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references.

The problem of assessment and diagnosis of depression in the elderly begins with the definition of depression being indefinite. In this study, the theory of learned helplessness was chosen because of its value in organizing research within a learning theory framework. The Beck Depression Inventory, measures of fluid and crystallized intellectual ability, locus of control, and attribution of success and failure were chosen as variables for an exploratory factor analysis. The purpose of selecting these variables was to assess the cognitive, motivational, and affective components of learned helplessness as they affected the responses of elderly subjects to depression items. Self report measures of income, education, and health, were included to assess the relationship of these variables to depression. A somatic factor was predicted to correlate with an affective factor of depression.

Submitted by admin tede (tede@pucgoias.edu.br) on 2017-04-25T19:54:30Z No. of bitstreams: 1 José Guilherme A. C. Falbo.pdf: 1011129 bytes, checksum: f307fcde7391deba0c6dd002e95d6ce3 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-25T19:54:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 José Guilherme A. C. Falbo.pdf: 1011129 bytes, checksum: f307fcde7391deba0c6dd002e95d6ce3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-12-04 / This work had as primary objective to verify the use of the interventive psychodiagnosis as a clinic psychoadignosis procedure in elderly patients with the depression diagnosis. To that end, it has been used the Paulo´s (2004) model in a four elderly women group whit ages higher than 60 years old, and that fit in the depression diagnosis. As a method proposal for the degree of depression evaluation it has been used the Beck´s Depression Inventory, being the score of each participant the inclusion criterion for the study. The Phillipson object relation test was also used, as well as a questionnaire dissertation as an instrument for psychodiagnosis. At the end of this study it was possible to observe a drop in the Beck inventory score in three of the four participants in relation to the beginning of the study / O trabalho teve como objetivo principal verificar a utilização do psicodiagnóstico interventivo como forma de psicodiagnóstico e procedimento clinico em pacientes idosos com diagnóstico para a depressão. Para tanto, foi utilizado o modelo de Paulo (2004) em um grupo de quatro mulheres com idade acima de 60 e que se enquadravam no diagnóstico de depressão. Como proposta de um método para a avaliação do grau de depressão foi utilizado o Inventario de depressão de Beck, onde a pontuação obtida por cada participante foi tida como critério de inclusão para o estudo. Também foi utilizado o teste de relações objetais de Phillipson e um questionário dissertativo como instrumentos de psicodiagnóstico. Ao final desse estudo, foi possível observar uma queda no escore do inventario de depressão de Beck em três dos quatro participantes em relação ao início do estudo