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The effect of treatment of intercurrent somatic disease on psychogenic disorders

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    One hundred and twenty-six cases of psychogenic mental disorder were studied with special reference to the effects of treatment of intercurrent somatic disease.

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    Twenty patients were sufficiently improved to be paroled; 14 of these remained at home after two and one-half years.

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    In five patients there was a definite relationship between the correction of the physical illness and the mental improvement. In eight this was questionable, while in 14 there was no apparent relationship.

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    Some possible explanations for the beneficial results are discussed and the importance is emphasized of removing physical as well as mental irritations as soon as possible after admission.

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  1. Creedmoor State Hospital, Queens Village, N. Y.

    Frank M. Criden M. D.

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Read before the interhospital conference held at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Hospital, New York, N. Y., April 18, 1940.

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Criden, F.M. The effect of treatment of intercurrent somatic disease on psychogenic disorders. Psych Quar 14, 547–555 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01573136

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