... this may induce a psychological stress response.Secondly, the specific psychological profile of patients may influence their perception of symptoms. Patients with anxiety, depression and hypochondriasis ... cough patients mayhave been overlooked because of the relatively smallnumbers in each group. Secondly, while comparison of the measures of psychomorbidity used in this study andmeasures of cough ... 1987,258:2718-2722.16. Yellowlees PM, Alpers JH, Bowden JJ, Bryant GD, Ruffin RE: Psychi-atric morbidity in patients with chronic airflow obstruction.Med J Aust 1987, 146:305-307.17. Heaney LG, Conway E, Kelly...