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Sociocultural Aspects of Depression in Medical InpatientsII. Symptomatology and Class
John J. Schwab, MD;
Martin R. Bialow, MD;
Judith M. Brown, MA;
Charles E. Holzer, BA;
Blaine E. Stevenson, MA
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1967;17(5):539-543.
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PART I of this study showed that we had to impose a control for class in order to find demographic differences between depressed and nondepressed medical inpatients. Additionally, there were differences from class to class. One measure (the clinical diagnosis) indicated that depression was most frequent in the upper class, while others (Beck Depression Inventory [BDI]1 and Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression [HRS]2) revealed a greater frequency in the lower class. Inasmuch as the medical staff diagnosed depression in 32% of the upper class but in only 8% of the lower, we wondered whether poverty, lack of education, and low social status obscured the clinical picture of depression so that many of the lower-class patients were not diagnosed. Therefore, because we suspected that there would be class differences in the manifestations as well as the frequency of depression, we undertook an analysis of the
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Author Affiliations
Gainesville, Fla; Brooklyn, NY; Gainesville, Fla
From the College of Medicine and Department of Sociology, University of Florida, Gainesville, and Maimonides Hospital, Brooklyn, NY.
Footnotes
Submitted for publication May 25, 1967.
Reprint requests to J. Hillis Miller Health Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla 32601 (Dr. Schwab).
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