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. 1987 Mar 16;146(6):305-7.
doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1987.tb120267.x.

Psychiatric morbidity in patients with chronic airflow obstruction

P M Yellowlees, J H Alpers, J J Bowden, G D Bryant, R E Ruffin

Psychiatric morbidity in patients with chronic airflow obstruction

P M Yellowlees et al. Med J Aust. .

Abstract

Fifty consecutive patients with chronic airflow obstruction who were admitted to a respiratory unit were assessed medically and psychiatrically. A high rate of psychiatric morbidity (58%) was detected with panic and other anxiety disorders (34%) being particularly prevalent. Various physiological and psychological reasons for the high rate of anxiety disorders are discussed.

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