title: Frequency of constipation in major depression: relationship to other clinical variables.
abstract: A semistructured interview that evaluates 70 clinical variables, including constipation, was administered to 170 patients with major depression. Twenty-seven percent of the patients had depression-associated constipation. Constipation was not associated with any other clinical variable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garvey
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Noyes
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yates
mesh_terms: D003248:Constipation / Q000523:psychology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000523:psychology*