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Depression in Schizophrenia: A Study of Prevalence and Treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

R. Elk ,
B. J. Dickman  and
A. F. Teggin
R. Elk
Affiliation:
MRC Clinical Psychiatry Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Groote Schuur Hospital, 7925, Observatory, Republic of South Africa
B. J. Dickman
Affiliation:
MRC Clinical Psychiatry Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Groote Schuur Hospital, 7925, Observatory, Republic of South Africa
A. F. Teggin*
Affiliation:
MRC Clinical Psychiatry Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Groote Schuur Hospital, 7925, Observatory, Republic of South Africa
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

In an investigation of white, coloured, and black patients admitted to a psychiatric hospital, the prevalence and treatment of depression in schizophrenia was assessed and found to be 30% in group of acute, nuclear schizophrenics. While the prevalence was similar in the three groups, depression was clinically under-detected in black patients.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 149 , Issue 2 , August 1986 , pp. 228 - 229
Copyright
Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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