TY - JOUR
T1 - The treatment of psychiatric disorders in patients with chronic airways obstruction
AU - Yellowlees, Peter Mackinlay
PY - 1987
Y1 - 1987
N2 - Patients with chronic airways obstruction have been reported as presenting with psychiatric illnesses commonly. The anxiety and depressive disorders, which are the most common psychiatric illnesses, are known significantly to affect patients' level of occupational and social function. Four cases are presented to illustrate the differing presentations of psychiatric illness in patients with chronic airways obstruction. Conventional psychiatric treatment modalities can be used successfully, in spite of severe airways obstruction, and may lead to a markedly improved quality of life for these patients.
AB - Patients with chronic airways obstruction have been reported as presenting with psychiatric illnesses commonly. The anxiety and depressive disorders, which are the most common psychiatric illnesses, are known significantly to affect patients' level of occupational and social function. Four cases are presented to illustrate the differing presentations of psychiatric illness in patients with chronic airways obstruction. Conventional psychiatric treatment modalities can be used successfully, in spite of severe airways obstruction, and may lead to a markedly improved quality of life for these patients.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 2889134
AN - SCOPUS:0023610809
VL - 147
SP - 349
EP - 352
JO - Medical Journal of Australia
JF - Medical Journal of Australia
SN - 0025-729X
IS - 7
ER -