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Psychiatric morbidity in patients with chronic airflow obstruction
Author(s) -
Yellowlees Peter M.,
Alpers John H.,
Bowden Jeffrey J.,
Bryant Geoffrey D.,
Ruffin Richard E.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1987.tb120267.x
Subject(s) - anxiety , panic , medicine , psychiatry , panic disorder
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.