Avaliação das medidas dos componentes do amor em pacientes em uso de antidepressivos

Abstract

Introduction: Antidepressants are vastly used drugs, with a wide range of reported adverse effects, one of them being emotional blunting. Objective: This research aimed to test the hypothesis of existing a correlation between antidepressants use and decrease in love components. Methods: It is a transversal study with 84 participants (72 women and 12 men; mean age of 22,9±3,5 years) categorised in two groups of people in romantic relationships, one group with participants using antidepressants (44 people) and the other a control group (40 people), both in psychotherapy, to minimize the bias of mental ilnessess absence. It was applied the tetrangular love scale (TLS), a questionnaire based on the tetrangular model of love, assessing 20 itens referring to commitment, intimacy, romantic passion and erotic passion. Results: No significant difference (p > 0,05) was found between groups regarding the itens. There was no significant diferences (p > 0,05) between antidepressants classes either. Conclusion: We concluded there was no difference in the feelings of love in people using antidepressants, although this research has limitations and new kinds of study are needed to confirm or rule out the hypothesis.