Mental illness, neuroticism and life events in a Dutch village sample: a follow-up

1 May 1978

journal article
research article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychological Medicine

Vol. 8 (2) , 235-243
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700014288

Abstract

SYNOPSIS In a 5-year follow-up of 32 patients identified during a survey of a Dutch village in 1969, approximately two-thirds were found to have recovered. This result was reflected in the scores on a self-reporting questionnaire. A control group showed little change over those years. The persistence of psychiatric problems was related to life experience, as measured by a life-event interview.

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