Psychiatric morbidity in patients with chronic airflow obstruction

Peter Mackinlay Yellowlees; J. H. Alpers; J. J. Bowden; G. D. Bryant; R. E. Ruffin

Psychiatric morbidity in patients with chronic airflow obstruction

Peter Mackinlay Yellowlees, J. H. Alpers, J. J. Bowden, G. D. Bryant, R. E. Ruffin

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Abstract

Fifty consecutive patients with chronic airflow obstruction who were admitted to a respiratory unit were assessed medically and psychiatrically. A high rate of psychiatric morbidity (58%) was detected with panic and other anxiety disorders (34%) being particularly prevalent. Various physiological and psychological reasons for the high rate of anxiety disorders are discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	305-307
Number of pages	3
Journal	Medical Journal of Australia
Volume	146
Issue number	6
State	Published - 1987
Externally published	Yes

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