DEPRESSION—A STUDY OF 80 CASES*

The present study refers to an analysis of eighty cases of depression. The annual incidence in our psychiatric population ranges from 17-20% of all the new psychiatric cases. The peak incidence was observed in the age group of 26—45 years, without any particular affinity to either sex. 83.8% of our...

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Autores principales: Ponnudurai, R., Somasundaram, O., Balakrishnan, S., Srinivasan, Nirmala
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1981
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3012955/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22064611
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Sumario:The present study refers to an analysis of eighty cases of depression. The annual incidence in our psychiatric population ranges from 17-20% of all the new psychiatric cases. The peak incidence was observed in the age group of 26—45 years, without any particular affinity to either sex. 83.8% of our sample were married and those hailing from nuclear families formed the larger proportion (58.75%). Somatic symptoms were the predominant presenting complaint in 61.3% of our patients. Another noteworthy observation was significant number of depressives harboured guilt feelings (76.3%) and suicidal ideas (73.8%). Other findings are also discussed.

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