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Frequency of Symptoms in Melancholia (Depressive Illness)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

M. Hamilton
M. Hamilton*
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Psychiatry Annexe, 30 Clarendon Road, Leeds LS2 9NZ
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Abstract

Symptoms of depression were quantitatively recorded using a rating scale, for 239 men and 260 women. The frequency of the various symptoms were similar for the sexes, with a high frequency for anxiety, both psychic and somatic. The results show that the symptoms of depressive patients differ from those found in the classic descriptions.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 154 , Issue 2 , February 1989 , pp. 201 - 206
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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