1. Depressive symptoms in stable chronic schizophrenia: prevalence and relationship to psychopathology and treatment
- Author
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Gerry Lynch, Stephen Cooper, Christopher B. Kelly, Geraldine MacFlynn, R.C. Montgomery, David J. King, Ciaran Mulholland, and D. Baynes
- Subjects
Adult ,Male ,Psychosis ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Population ,Akathisia ,Severity of Illness Index ,Hostility ,Prevalence ,medicine ,Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale ,Humans ,Antipsychotic ,education ,Psychiatry ,Psychomotor Agitation ,Biological Psychiatry ,Depression (differential diagnoses) ,Aged ,education.field_of_study ,Depression ,Beck Depression Inventory ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Psychotic Disorders ,Schizophrenia ,Chronic Disease ,Female ,Schizophrenic Psychology ,medicine.symptom ,Psychology ,Clinical psychology ,Psychopathology - Abstract
The prevalence and correlates of the depressive syndrome were explored in a population of 120 patients with stable, chronic schizophrenia living in the community. The presence of clinically significant depressive symptoms was defined by a score of 17 or greater on the Beck Depression Inventory. Patients were examined to assess severity of schizophrenic symptoms and medication side-effects. Sixteen of the 120 patients (13.3%) had significant depressive symptoms. Depressive symptoms were significantly correlated with the hostility/suspiciousness (P
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- 2000