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Mental illness, neuroticism and life events in a Dutch village sample: a follow-up

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

R. Giel ,
G. H. M. M. Ten Horn ,
J. Ormel ,
W. J. Schudel  and
D. Wiersma
R. Giel*
Affiliation:
Department of Social Psychiatry, the Research Unit for the Evaluation of Psychiatric Services and the TNO Psycho-hygiene Research Unit, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
G. H. M. M. Ten Horn
Affiliation:
Department of Social Psychiatry, the Research Unit for the Evaluation of Psychiatric Services and the TNO Psycho-hygiene Research Unit, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
J. Ormel
Affiliation:
Department of Social Psychiatry, the Research Unit for the Evaluation of Psychiatric Services and the TNO Psycho-hygiene Research Unit, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
W. J. Schudel
Affiliation:
Department of Social Psychiatry, the Research Unit for the Evaluation of Psychiatric Services and the TNO Psycho-hygiene Research Unit, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
D. Wiersma
Affiliation:
Department of Social Psychiatry, the Research Unit for the Evaluation of Psychiatric Services and the TNO Psycho-hygiene Research Unit, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
*
1Address for correspondence: Professor R. Giel, Department of Social Psychiatry, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Synopsis

In a 5-year follow-up of 32 patients identified during a survey of a Dutch village in 1969, approximately two-thirds were found to have recovered. This result was reflected in the scores on a self-reporting questionnaire. A control group showed little change over those years. The persistence of psychiatric problems was related to life experience, as measured by a life-event interview.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , May 1978 , pp. 235 - 243
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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