RT Journal
A1 Gordon RE, Gordon KK
T1 PSychosomatic problems in a rapidly growing suburb
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1959
FD August 8
VO 170
IS 15
SP 1757
OP 1764
DO 10.1001/jama.1959.03010150001001
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1959.03010150001001
AB Certain diseases were compared as to their incidence among patients admitted to general hospitals in three communities which differed markedly as to their rate of growth in recent years and as to the mobility of their inhabitants. Bronchopneumonia, representing disorders not psychosomatic in origin, was compared with duodenal ulcer and cardiovascular disease, representing tension disorders, and with asthma, considered as a parasympathetic psychosomatic disorder. In addition it was possible to compare figures obtained in 1958 with figures obtained in 1950. Asthma was more prevalent in the community with the highest percentage of older people. The tension disorders were most prevalent in the most rapidly growing suburban community. This finding agreed with results of previous studies of the distribution of emotional disorders among different groups within the communities.