A comparative psychiatric assessment of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and muscle disease
- 1 August 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychological Medicine
- Vol. 21 (3) , 619-628
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s003329170002225x
Abstract
SYNOPSIS: The psychiatric status of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (N = 34) and muscle disease (N = 24) attending a general medical clinic was studied. Among fatigue patients 14 (41·2%) were cases and a further 9 (26·5%) were subcases of psychiatric disorder as defined by CATEGO. A variety of diagnoses was found. Significantly fewer of the muscle patients had a psychiatric disorder with 3 (12·5%) being cases and 1 (4%) a subcase. The relative risk of psychiatric disorder in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome compared to patients with muscle disease was 3·3:1.Keywords
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