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J Leff

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The clinical course of depressive symptoms in schizophrenia.

A sample of 31 schizophrenic patients free of anti-psychotic drugs was examined on admission to hospital. 14 (45%) exhibited depressed mood. The course of depressive symptoms and psychotic symptoms was followed weekly while the patients received increasing doses of haloperidol in a standardised regime. In 11 of the 14 patients there was a close correspondence between the course of depressive and psychotic symptoms, suggesting that in these cases, depression was an integral part of the schizophrenic illness. In the other three cases, clinical course of the various symptoms gave some support to the concepts of 'pharmacogenic' and 'post-psychotic depression', although it was not possible to choose between them.

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