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The use of health diaries in the field of psychiatric illness in general practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Joanna Murray
Joanna Murray*
Affiliation:
General Practice Research Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London
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1 Address for correspondence: Ms Joanna Murray, General Practice Research Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF.
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Synopsis

The individual's response to the occurrence of symptoms is conditioned by a variety of non-medical factors, of both an enduring (e.g. personality attributes) and a changing nature (e.g. social support). The health diary provides a particularly appropriate method of studying the daily variations in health and illness behaviour which make up so much of the clinical content of general practice.

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Research Article
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , November 1985 , pp. 827 - 840
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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