AN EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN A RURAL AREA IN TAMILNADU

An epidemiological study of priority psychiatric conditions in a rural area in Tamil Nadu is described. The prevalence or psychiatric disorders in this rural area is 14.5 per 1000 population and this is comparable to figures reported from urban studies. The prevalence is highest in the 15-44 year ag...

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Autores principales: Mehta, Pankaj, Joseph, Abraham, Verghese, Abraham
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1985
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3011148/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21927091
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description An epidemiological study of priority psychiatric conditions in a rural area in Tamil Nadu is described. The prevalence or psychiatric disorders in this rural area is 14.5 per 1000 population and this is comparable to figures reported from urban studies. The prevalence is highest in the 15-44 year age group. It is higher in males in the younger age group and in females in the older age group. No significant statistical differences in the prevalence of psychiatric disorders arc noticed when factors such as family size, caste, and socioeconomic status are considered. About 75% of the patients have been sick for more than one year and they have not had any treatment. The implications of the above observations are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-30111482011-09-16 AN EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN A RURAL AREA IN TAMILNADU Mehta, Pankaj Joseph, Abraham Verghese, Abraham Indian J Psychiatry Original Article An epidemiological study of priority psychiatric conditions in a rural area in Tamil Nadu is described. The prevalence or psychiatric disorders in this rural area is 14.5 per 1000 population and this is comparable to figures reported from urban studies. The prevalence is highest in the 15-44 year age group. It is higher in males in the younger age group and in females in the older age group. No significant statistical differences in the prevalence of psychiatric disorders arc noticed when factors such as family size, caste, and socioeconomic status are considered. About 75% of the patients have been sick for more than one year and they have not had any treatment. The implications of the above observations are discussed. Medknow Publications 1985 /pmc/articles/PMC3011148/ /pubmed/21927091 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Mehta, Pankaj
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AN EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN A RURAL AREA IN TAMILNADU
title AN EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN A RURAL AREA IN TAMILNADU
title_full AN EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN A RURAL AREA IN TAMILNADU
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title_short AN EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN A RURAL AREA IN TAMILNADU
title_sort epidemiologic study of psychiatric disorders in a rural area in tamilnadu
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