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The Establishment of a Psychiatric Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

P. A. P. Moran*
Affiliation:
Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, A.C. T., Australia

Extract

Recently several papers have appeared which apply the techniques of multivariate analysis in attempts to show that patients suffering from depression can be divided into two groups, often called “endogenous” and “neurotic”, which tend to have different groups of symptoms and different outcomes with E.C.T. or other treatment. The purpose of the present paper is to look at this problem from the point of view of a statistician in an attempt to clarify the logic involved in the various procedures.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1966 

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