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The study compared the presence of somatic illnesses in manic-depressive (n = 100) and schizophrenic patients (n = 156) in the out-patient psychiatric clinics of three general hospitals. The average age of manic-depressive and schizophrenic patients was 40.7 yr and 39.8 yr respectively and did not differ significantly. The sample consisted of both sexes. Among the manic-depressive patients there were 46 males and 54 females. The schizophrenic sample consisted of 84 (54%) males and 72 (46%) females. The result showed that there was a greater rate of the occurrence of physical illnesses in manic-depressive patients as compared to the schizophrenic patients in respect to all the surveyed systemic disorders except for the gastrointestinal diseases. The cardiovascular, neurological and endocrinological diseases were more frequent in the manic-depressives than in the schizophrenic patients.
A M Ghadirian, and
F Engelsmann
April 1955,
Belgisch tijdschrift voor geneeskunde,
A M Ghadirian, and
F Engelsmann
January 1998,
Archives of general psychiatry,
A M Ghadirian, and
F Engelsmann
September 1977,
The American journal of psychiatry,
A M Ghadirian, and
F Engelsmann
December 1970,
The American journal of psychiatry,
A M Ghadirian, and
F Engelsmann
January 1983,
Comprehensive psychiatry,
A M Ghadirian, and
F Engelsmann
October 1981,
Lancet (London, England),
A M Ghadirian, and
F Engelsmann
October 1986,
Science (New York, N.Y.),
