Citation

Davis A. Aust. N. Zeal. J. Psychiatry 1989; 23(1): 59-66.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, University of Adelaide, Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia.

Comment In:

Aust N Z J Psychiatry 1989;23(3):307-8.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2930416

Abstract

The Levine-Pilowsky depression questionnaire was used to compare the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of depression in 176 patients admitted to a general hospital following a suicide attempt and 65 psychiatric inpatients with a diagnosis of major affective disorder. The study showed that despite significant age and sex differences there was a striking similarity between the groups on all measures of depression. Diagnostic and therapeutic implications of these findings are discussed, and further research directions are suggested.

Language: en