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Symptoms and Social Adjustment in Jewish Depressives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

R. A. Ball  and
A. W. Clare
R. A. Ball*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London EC1
A. W. Clare
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London EC1
*
∗Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AZ
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Abstract

In 25 Jewish and 26 non-Jewish depressives resident in Hackney, the PSE revealed that ‘hypochondriasis' and ‘tension’ were more common in the Jewish group, and special features of depression, containing symptoms connected with guilt, was less common. These differences could not be explained by variation in severity of illness as both groups had similar scores on the HRSD. The ‘social maladjustment’ scores were similar, very probably reflecting an elderly, deprived, inner-city population.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 156 , Issue 3 , March 1990 , pp. 379 - 383
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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