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Vegetative Symptoms in Anxiety and Depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Roy J. Mathew ,
Andrew A. Swihart  and
Maxine L. Weinman
Roy J. Mathew
Affiliation:
Vanderbilt School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232
Andrew A. Swihart
Affiliation:
Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Maxine L. Weinman
Affiliation:
Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Summary

The incidence of vegetative symptoms was found to be higher in 61 medication-free patients with anxiety compared to an equal number of age and sex-matched normal controls. Multiple regression analysis identified depression, as rated by Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), as the most highly predictive factor associated with these symptoms. Twenty-two anxious patients who obtained scores less than 5 on BDI (absent or minimal depression) were compared with an equal number of age and sex-matched patients with depression. The depressed patients reported a higher incidence of sleep disturbances, weight loss and appetite loss.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 141 , Issue 2 , August 1982 , pp. 162 - 165
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1982 

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