Nandi D N, Ajmany S, Ganguli H, Banerjee G, Boral G C, Ghosh A, Sarkar S
Br J Psychiatry. 1976 Jun;128:523-7. doi: 10.1192/bjp.128.6.523.
Those who were labelled as depressives in a rural survey were randomly divided into a Medicine group (who received antidepressive drug treatment), a Placebo group (who received placebo) and a Natural Process group (who received no treatment). The depth of their depression was assessed by Hamilton's Depressive Rating Scale before the beginning of the trial, on the 14th day and on the 28th day of trial. They were compared with a matched group of healthy controls and again with a matched group of depressives who attended an urban clinic for treatment. The results indicate that the rural depressives who never sought treatment voluntarily were not different from those who sought treatment in clinics, so far as their response to treatment is concerned.
在一项农村调查中被标记为抑郁症患者的人群被随机分为药物治疗组（接受抗抑郁药物治疗）、安慰剂组（接受安慰剂）和自然病程组（不接受治疗）。在试验开始前、试验第14天和第28天，通过汉密尔顿抑郁量表评估他们的抑郁程度。将他们与一组匹配的健康对照组进行比较，然后再次与一组在城市诊所接受治疗的匹配抑郁症患者进行比较。结果表明，就治疗反应而言，从未自愿寻求治疗的农村抑郁症患者与在诊所寻求治疗的患者没有差异。
