Symptoms without signs in outpatients attending ophthalmology clinics. Issue 5 (May 1978)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Karseras, A G; Crisp, A H
• Is Part Of: British journal of ophthalmology. Volume 62:Issue 5(1978)
• Page Start: 340
• Page End: 343
• Publication Date: 1978-05
• Subjects: Ophthalmology -- Periodicals; 617.7
• DOI: 10.1136/bjo.62.5.340
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0007-1161

Abstract

Abstract : Ophthalmic outpatients without physical signs have been shown, as a group, to be significantly more anxious and depressed than a control group. They also have a higher incidence of somatic complaints of a kind commonly made by patients with psychiatric 'disorder'. There was a higher incidence of past psychiatric history in the proband group, and they also gave a greater subjective assessment of recent conscious life stress.