Psychiatric illness after hysterectomy.
BMJPublished 13 April 1968Open access
Maria Barker
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It is found that, although admis sion to a psychiatric ward was commoner in women who had had a previous hysterectomy than in the general population, no direct relation between the operation and referral could be established in the majority of cases.
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