Binitie A
Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1981 Feb;63(2):110-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1981.tb00657.x.
Among 130 patients who attended the neurotic diseases clinic in Benin 1963--1965, it was possible to follow-up 60 patients 8--9 years later. Thirty-four patients were diagnosed as anxiety cases and of these 21 had recovered and a further five were considerably improved. Nineteen patients were considerably improved. Nineteen patients were considered cases of neurotic depression and of these only three had recovered whereas 14 had residual symptoms, although five showed considerable improvement. Two of the depressive patients had died, one during the civil war, the other presumably committed suicide. Of five patients with hysteria, one had recovered and one had become worse, one patient with hypochondriasis had also recovered whereas one patient with obsessional neurosis did not recover. The results are in line with similar European and American follow-up studies of neurotic disorder except that the depressive patients showed a less satisfactory outcome.
在1963年至1965年前往贝宁神经疾病诊所就诊的130名患者中，8至9年后对60名患者进行了随访。34名患者被诊断为焦虑症患者，其中21名已康复，另有5名有显著改善。19名患者有显著改善。19名患者被视为神经性抑郁症患者，其中只有3名康复，14名有残留症状，不过有5名有显著改善。2名抑郁症患者死亡，1名死于内战，另1名据推测自杀。5名癔症患者中，1名康复，1名病情加重，1名疑病症患者也已康复，而1名强迫性神经症患者未康复。结果与欧美类似的神经症随访研究一致，只是抑郁症患者的预后不太理想。
