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Cerebral ventricular size in depressed subjects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

R. J. Dolan ,
S. P. Calloway  and
A. H. Mann
R. J. Dolan*
Affiliation:
Academic Department of Psychiatry, Royal Free Hospital, London
S. P. Calloway
Affiliation:
Academic Department of Psychiatry, Royal Free Hospital, London
A. H. Mann
Affiliation:
Academic Department of Psychiatry, Royal Free Hospital, London
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr R. J. Dolan,The Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AZ.
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Synopsis

A computed tomographic study of 101 depressed patients and 52 normal control subjects is described. Increasing age and male sex were both associated with larger ventricular size in both patient and control groups. Controlling for these effects, the depressed patients had larger ventricles than the control subjects. In the patient group there was no association between ventricular size, course of illness or exposure to drug treatment or electroconvulsive therapy.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , November 1985 , pp. 873 - 878
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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