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Emotional Disturbance in Newly Registered General Practice Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Charles M. Corser  and
Alistair E. Philip
Charles M. Corser
Affiliation:
Bangour Village Hospital; Craigshill Health Centre, Livingston
Alistair E. Philip
Affiliation:
Bangour Village Hospital, Broxburn, West Lothian EH52 6LW
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Abstract

The General Health Questionnaire has had some popularity as an index of minor psychiatric morbidity and was used in the present study to ascertain the emotional state of newcomers to a practice in a new town. High scorers on the GHQ had more episodes of illness, had more severe ratings of psychological problems, and were more likely to receive a formal psychiatric diagnosis than were low scorers. A second survey one year later confirmed the variability of response to the GHQ, inherent in a ‘present state’ inventory. Doubts are expressed as to the psychiatric nature of the emotional upset measured by the GHQ.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 132 , Issue 2 , February 1978 , pp. 172 - 176
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1978 

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