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Affective Disorders Among Women in the General Population and Among Those Referred to Psychiatrists Clinical Features and Demographic Correlates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

S. P. Sashidharan ,
P. G. Surtees ,
N. B. Kreitman ,
J G. Ingham  and
P. Mcc. Miller
P. Mcc. Miller
Affiliation:
MRC Unit for Epidemiological Studies in Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh
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Abstract

In a study comparing depressive disorders detected in a field survey (n = 90) with patients referred to a specialist treatment setting (n = 63), the clinical features and demographic correlates of ‘cases' of affective disorders proved to be similar. However, those in treatment settings appeared to have more people achieving definite case status. Hospital-referred cases were also more likely than community cases to be older and single, and this difference persisted even after controlling for chronicity of symptoms.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 157 , Issue 6 , December 1990 , pp. 828 - 834
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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