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Dimensions of neuroses seen in primary-care settings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

D. P. Goldberg ,
K. Bridges ,
P. Duncan–Jones  and
D. Grayson
D. P. Goldberg*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manchester, UK and NH & MRC Social Psychiatry Research Unit, Canberra, Australia
K. Bridges
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manchester, UK and NH & MRC Social Psychiatry Research Unit, Canberra, Australia
P. Duncan–Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manchester, UK and NH & MRC Social Psychiatry Research Unit, Canberra, Australia
D. Grayson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manchester, UK and NH & MRC Social Psychiatry Research Unit, Canberra, Australia
*
1Address for correspondence: Professor D. P. Golberg, University Department of Psychiatry, Withington Hospital, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 8LR.
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Synopsis

This study uses methods of latent trait analysis to examine the relationships between psychiatric symptoms that constitute the common psychiatric disorders encountered in primary-care settings. Two highly correlated symptom dimensions of anxiety and depression are shown to underlie these disorders. Neurovegetative sysmptoms of depression are shown to be on the same dimension as psychic symptoms of depression, but to represent a more severe manifestation of depression.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , May 1987 , pp. 461 - 470
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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