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Post-Influenzal Depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Kenneth Sinanan  and
Irene Hillary
Kenneth Sinanan
Affiliation:
Cluain Mhuire Family Centre, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
Irene Hillary
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology, University College, Dublin
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Summary

A prospective study was carried out on post-influenzal depression. Four hundred patients presenting with psychiatric illness for the first time took part. The results show that there is no correlation between depressive illness and the demonstration of influenza antibody titres, an indication of recent influenza infection.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 138 , Issue 2 , February 1981 , pp. 131 - 133
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1981 

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