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Antihypertensive drugs and depression: a reappraisal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Wendy P. Bant
Wendy P. Bant*
Affiliation:
Middlewood Hospital, Sheffield
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr Wendy P. Bant, Middlewood Hospital, Sheffield.
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Synopsis

Eighty-nine new referral hypertensive out-patients and 46 new referral non-hypertensive chronically physically ill out-patients completed a mood rating scale at regular intervals for one year. The results showed a high prevalence of depression in both groups of patients, with no preponderance in the hypertensive group. Hypertensive patients with psychiatric histories had a higher prevalence of depression than the comparison patients. This was accounted for by a significant number of depressions occurring in methyl dopa treated patients with psychiatric histories.

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Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , May 1978 , pp. 275 - 283
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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