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Psychiatric Ill Health Following Physical Illness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Robert Kellner
Robert Kellner*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Liverpool
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The association of physical illness and psychiatric illness has been found by Doust (1952), Downes and Simon (1953), Hinkle and Woolf (1957) and others.

The present investigation was conducted in a general practice; the aim was to assess whether a physical illness could precipitate psychiatric ill health. The conditions in general practice appeared to be suitable for this investigation because patients can be observed before and after a physical illness.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 112 , Issue 482 , January 1966 , pp. 71 - 73
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1966 

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