THE PREVALENCE AND CLINICAL FEATURES OF DEPRESSION IN THE PRACTICE OF "INTERNAL MEDICINE"

Abstract

One hundr od pa t i e nt s hospitalized at t h medical war d o f 2mam Khome nyni . Hospi tal were psyc hia t r i cally i nterviewe d and examined regardless of the i r phys i ca l diag nos i s . Psychiatric diag nosis were so suggested. It was f ound that only 36 rercent o f the s ample were psychologic a l ly normal t he r emaining 64 per cent were found t o have neurotic pers onality o r su~fering from mild t o sev e re psych i a tric condit ions . The modes u f presenta t ion 9f psyc hiatric dis orders espec i a l l y o f depression was further d isc us s e d .