TY - JOUR PY - 1983// TI - Depression in chronic schizophrenia JO - British journal of psychiatry A1 - Roy, Alec A1 - Thompson, Ricardo A1 - Kennedy, S. SP - 465 EP - 470 VL - 142 IS - N2 - Eighteen depressed chronic schizophrenic out-patients were matched with non-depressed schizophrenic out-patients. The depressed schizophrenics had had significantly more psychiatric admissions, past depression, past treatment for depression, significantly more had attempted suicide, lived alone, had low self-esteem, had early parental loss and had had more life events in the six months before the onset of depression. Depressive disorder in schizophrenic out-patients well controlled by neuroleptics may occur in those who are at risk for depression and experience an excess of life events.
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