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Social versus clinical prediction in minor psychiatric disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Peter Huxley  and
David Goldberg
Peter Huxley
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of South Manchester, West Didsbury, Manchester
David Goldberg
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of South Manchester, West Didsbury, Manchester
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Synopsis

Fifty new psychiatric outpatients, suffering from minor disorders, were assessed using standardized social and clinical interview schedules. Forty-six were successfully followed-up six months later and their condition was assessed using a specially constructed rating scale. Social dysfunction in the area of the patient's material circumstances was the single most important predictive variable. Clinical predictions of outcome were shown to be closely related to the proportion of time the patient had been ill over the five years before inception.

Type
Preliminary Communication
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , February 1975 , pp. 96 - 100
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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