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This paper describes the psychiatric disorders seen in 138 consecutive attenders at a psychiatric clinic in a dental hospital. The disorders were rated using a standardised interview, and assigned a diagnosis in accordance with a multiaxial classification known as the DSM-III. The rate of psychiatric disorder seen in these patients was over 90% and the implications of this are discussed
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Hughes, A., Hunter, S., Still, D. et al. Psychiatric disorders in a dental clinic. Br Dent J 166, 16–19 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.4806683
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