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A Follow-up Study of Psychiatric Disturbance in a Cape Coloured Community

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

L. S. Gillis  and
G. L. Stone
L. S. Gillis
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
G. L. Stone
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
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Longitudinal studies of psychiatric disturbance in communities are important in order to determine the natural history of mental disorders. Most studies have focused on the prevalence of known psychiatric disorders and response to treatment, but only a few on the follow up of a population not previously recognized as psychiatrically ill (Beiser (1), Hagnell (5), Helgason (6), Myers and Bean (10)). The present study is an attempt to do this, and also to follow up untreated disorder within a community.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 123 , Issue 574 , September 1973 , pp. 279 - 283
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1973 

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