Hypertensive disease in psychiatric outpatients was associated with a three times higher prevalence of DSM-III major depression compared to patients without hypertension.
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Among 452 psychiatric outpatients, DSM-III diagnoses of major depression were three times as common among those with hypertensive disease as those without hypertension. Age, sex, chronic medical illness, and current antihypertensive medication did not account for these diagnostic differences.
Rabkin et al. (Mon,) reported a other. Hypertensive disease in psychiatric outpatients was associated with a three times higher prevalence of DSM-III major depression compared to patients without hypertension.