ECT in depression.
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R Euba
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Self-reported allergy-related symptoms and psychological morbidity in primary care.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between allergy-related symptoms, food intolerance and psychological distress in primary care. METHODS: Two thousand three hundred and thirty two adults in five General Practices in the South of England completed questionnaires regarding allergy-related symptoms and psychological symptoms, but no association was demonstrated between a history of diagnosed or treated asthma, eczema or hay fever and psychological morbidity. Cases of food intolerance had lower levels of psychological distress than expected compared to hospital samples. Current, but not past wheezing and eczema, was associated with an excess of life stresses in the previous six months. CONCLUSIONS: The association between psychological distress and the label of food allergy/intolerance found in specialist care does not extend to primary care.
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A comparison of the characteristics of chronic fatigue syndrome in primary and tertiary care.
BACKGROUND: To evaluated the characteristics of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) in primary and tertiary care. METHOD: A comparison of subjects fulfilling criteria for CFS, identified as part of a prospective cohort study in primary care, compared to 79 adults fulfilling the same criteria referred for treatment to a specialist CFS clinic. RESULTS: Hospital cases were more likely to belong to upper socio-economic groups, and to have physical illness attributions. They had higher levels of fatigue and more somatic symptoms, and were more impaired functionally, but had less overt psychological morbidity. Women were over-represented in both primary care and hospital groups. Nearly half of those referred to a specialist clinic did not fulfil operational criteria for CFS. CONCLUSION: The high rates of psychiatric morbidity and female excess that characterise CFS in specialist settings are not due to selection bias. On the other hand higher social class and physical illness attributions may be the result of selection bias and not intrinsic to CFS.
Activities of Daily Living↗