PEPTIC ULCER : Incidence and Diagnosis in Psychotic Patients

BETTIE M. WEST and ARTHUR O. HECKERAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 109, Number 1

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.1.35

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A survey of the literature as well as of our case material indicates that peptic ulcer is common among psychotic patients, the incidence in hospital populations of mental and general hospitals being within comparable statistical range or perhaps of higher range in mental hospitals. These studies indicate further that the reputed low incidence is based on increased difficulties of diagnosis in the psychotic patient rather than on actual evidence.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 109 • Number 1 • July 1952

Pages: 35 - 37

PubMed: 14923922

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Published in print: July 1952

Published online: 1 April 2006

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BETTIE M. WEST

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ARTHUR O. HECKER

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