Affective Disorders Among Women in the General Population and Among Those Referred to Psychiatrists Clinical Features and Demographic Correlates

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Abstract
In a study comparing depressive disorders detected in a field survey (n = 90) with patients reffered to a specialist treatment setting (n = 63), the clinical features and demographic correlates of ''cases'' of affective disorders proved to be similar. However, those in treatment settings appeared to have more people achieving definite case status. Hospital-referred cases were also more likely than community cases to be older and single, and this difference persisted even after controlling for chronicity of symptoms.

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