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Cranial measurements in patients with depressive illness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Howard James  and
John Pollitt
Howard James
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, St Thomas' Hospital, London, S.E.1
John Pollitt
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, St Thomas' Hospital, London, S.E.1
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Summary

Cranial measurements and somatotype indices were compared in two groups of patients, one with recurrent depressive illness and the other suffering from a first solitary attack of depression. Certain statistically significant differences in stature, somatotype and cranial measurements emerged; the group with recurrent episodes of depression tended to be shorter and more brachycephalic than those with solitary episodes of depression.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , July 1973 , pp. 363 - 366
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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