PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS—A CLINICAL STUDY

The prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis is significantly high. Depressive Neurosis is the commonest among them. The psychiatric morbidity is related to the duration of illness, the degree of incapacitation and the knowledge of sputum AFB positive status. More...

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Autores principales: Mathai, P. John, Ravindran, P., Joshi, P., Sundaram, P.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1981
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3013189/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22058519
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author Mathai, P. John
Ravindran, P.
Joshi, P.
Sundaram, P.
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description The prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis is significantly high. Depressive Neurosis is the commonest among them. The psychiatric morbidity is related to the duration of illness, the degree of incapacitation and the knowledge of sputum AFB positive status. More attention has to be paid to the psychiatric manifestations in chronic illnesses like tuberculosis in order to alleviate the mental sufferings of these patients.
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spelling pubmed-30131892011-11-06 PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS—A CLINICAL STUDY Mathai, P. John Ravindran, P. Joshi, P. Sundaram, P. Indian J Psychiatry Original Article The prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis is significantly high. Depressive Neurosis is the commonest among them. The psychiatric morbidity is related to the duration of illness, the degree of incapacitation and the knowledge of sputum AFB positive status. More attention has to be paid to the psychiatric manifestations in chronic illnesses like tuberculosis in order to alleviate the mental sufferings of these patients. Medknow Publications 1981 /pmc/articles/PMC3013189/ /pubmed/22058519 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.
spellingShingle Original Article
Mathai, P. John
Ravindran, P.
Joshi, P.
Sundaram, P.
PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS—A CLINICAL STUDY
title PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS—A CLINICAL STUDY
title_full PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS—A CLINICAL STUDY
title_fullStr PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS—A CLINICAL STUDY
title_full_unstemmed PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS—A CLINICAL STUDY
title_short PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS—A CLINICAL STUDY
title_sort psychiatric morbidity in pulmonary tuberculosis—a clinical study
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3013189/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22058519
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