Hypertensive disease in psychiatric outpatients was associated with a three times higher prevalence of DSM-III major depression compared to patients without hypertension.
Is major depression more common in psychiatric outpatients with hypertensive disease compared to those without?
Hypertensive disease is associated with a threefold higher prevalence of major depression among psychiatric outpatients, independent of age, sex, chronic illness, and antihypertensive medication.
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. (1983) studied this question. 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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