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A Clinical Evaluation of Depressives Found in a Rural Survey in India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

D. N. Nandi ,
S. Ajmany ,
H. Ganguli ,
G. Banerjee ,
G. C. Boral ,
A. Ghosh  and
S. Sarkar
D. N. Nandi
Affiliation:
R. G. Kar Medical College, Calcutta. P-535, Raja Basanta Roy Road, Calcutta-29, India
S. Ajmany
Affiliation:
Gokhale Memorial Girls' College, Calcutta
H. Ganguli
Affiliation:
Burdwan Sadar Hospital, Burdwan
G. Banerjee
Affiliation:
Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research, Calcutta
G. C. Boral
Affiliation:
Goenka Hospital, University College of Medicine, Calcutta University
A. Ghosh
Affiliation:
Calcutta University
S. Sarkar
Affiliation:
R. G. Kar Medical College
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Summary

Those who were labelled as depressives in a rural survey were randomly divided into a Medicine group (who received antidepressive drug treatment), a Placebo group (who received placebo) and a Natural Process group (who received no treatment). The depth of their depression was assessed by Hamilton's Depressive Rating Scale before the beginning of the trial, on the 14th day and on the 28th day of trial. They were compared with a matched group of healthy controls and again with a matched group of depressives who attended an urban clinic for treatment.

The results indicate that the rural depressives who never sought treatment voluntarily were not different from those who sought treatment in clinics, so far as their response to treatment is concerned.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 128 , Issue 6 , June 1976 , pp. 523 - 527
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1976 

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