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Relationship Between Body Build and Mental Illness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Abraham Verghese ,
Pamela Large  and
Edmond Chiu
Abraham Verghese
Affiliation:
Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
Pamela Large
Affiliation:
Research Unit, Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital, Parkville
Edmond Chiu
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Parkville
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Summary

A study to test the relationship between body build and mental illness, conducted in Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital, Melbourne, is described. The Rees-Eysenck body index (REBI) and androgyny score (AGS) were determined for 225 male patients and 24 normals. As age increases, there is a decreasing trend in the scores for these two indices. There were no significant differences between the various diagnostic groups and the normal group for the AGS. But the difference between the non-paranoid schizophrenic group and paranoid schizophrenic group in REBI was significant.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 132 , Issue 1 , January 1978 , pp. 12 - 15
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1978 

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