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Depression Following Spinal Cord Injury

A Prospective In-patient Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Fiona K. Judd ,
Jillian Stone ,
John E. Webber ,
Douglas J. Brown  and
Graham D. Burrows
Fiona K. Judd*
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne, Department of Psychiatry, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg
Jillian Stone
Affiliation:
Austin Hospital, Heidelberg
John E. Webber
Affiliation:
Austin Hospital, Heidelberg
Douglas J. Brown
Affiliation:
Spinal Injuries Unit, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg
Graham D. Burrows
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne, Department of Psychiatry, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Australia
*
∗University of Melbourne, Department of Psychiatry, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, 3084, Australia
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Abstract

In a systematic prospective study of 71 patients with acute spinal cord injury carried out in the acute and rehabilitation phases of treatment, 14 patients meeting the DSM-III criteria for major depressive disorder were identified. A further 13 patients had transient periods of depressed mood, while the majority of patients showed no clear evidence of depression. The BDI was found to be valid in this group of patients.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 154 , Issue 5 , May 1989 , pp. 668 - 671
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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