Abstract
Within all psychiatric inpatients over a 4-year period, on admission depressives showed serum albumin 5.4% lower ( P < 0.001) than non-psychiatric controls. Similarly, manics showed cholesterol 10% lower ( P < 0.0005) and serum calcium/protein ratio 2.2% higher ( P < 0.05) than controls. These deviations suggest a tendency towards dietary aberrations in these patients of potential medical significance. These tests had shown the most distinct variation with diagnosis on split-half discriminant function analysis of routine chemistry and hematology tests of 107 patients with mania, 132 with depression, 67 with schizophrenia, 18 with schizoaffective illness, and 83 non-psychiatric controls admitted for elective surgery.
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
