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Hypochondriasis and Depression in Out-patients at a General Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Norman Kreitman ,
Peter Sainsbury ,
K. Pearce  and
W. R. Costain
Norman Kreitman
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council Clinical Psychiatry Research Unit, Graylingwell Hospital, Chichester, Sussex
Peter Sainsbury
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council Clinical Psychiatry Research Unit, Graylingwell Hospital, Chichester, Sussex
K. Pearce
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council Clinical Psychiatry Research Unit, Graylingwell Hospital, Chichester, Sussex
W. R. Costain
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council Clinical Psychiatry Research Unit, Graylingwell Hospital, Chichester, Sussex
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The aims of this paper are first, to describe some clinical features of patients eventually diagnosed as having a depressive illness who were referred to a general hospital clinic set up to study hypochondriasis, and secondly, to investigate why some patients with depressive disorders develop somatic symptoms while others do not.

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Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 111 , Issue 476 , July 1965 , pp. 607 - 615
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1965 

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