A comparative psychiatric assessment of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and muscle disease

Psychological Medicine - Tập 21 Số 3 - Trang 619-628 - 1991
G. C. Wood1,2, Richard P. Bentall1,2, Michael Göpfert1,2, R. H. T. Edwards1,2
1Department of Medicine, Royal Liverpool Hospital
2Sub-Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry and the Muscle Research Centre, University of Liverpool

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SYNOPSISThe psychiatric status of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (N = 34) and muscle disease (N = 24) attending a general medical clinic was studied. Among fatigue patients 14 (41·2%) were cases and a further 9 (26·5%) were subcases of psychiatric disorder as defined by CATEGO. A variety of diagnoses was found. Significantly fewer of the muscle patients had a psychiatric disorder with 3 (12·5%) being cases and 1 (4%) a subcase. The relative risk of psychiatric disorder in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome compared to patients with muscle disease was 3·3:1.

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Psychological Medicine

Tập 21 Số 3

619-628

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