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MENTAL MORBIDITY AMONG GRADUATE AND RESEARCH STUDENTS : AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY
A cross sectional epidemiological study of mental morbidity among 1160 postgraduate and research students was done by census method. Goldberg's 60 item GHQ was used as screening tool and a person scoring 12 and above was taken as a case. The response rate was 92.5%. A prevalence rate of 16.63 w...
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Medknow Publications
1980
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3013340/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22058446 |
Sumario: | A cross sectional epidemiological study of mental morbidity among 1160 postgraduate and research students was done by census method. Goldberg's 60 item GHQ was used as screening tool and a person scoring 12 and above was taken as a case. The response rate was 92.5%. A prevalence rate of 16.63 was found. The relationship between mental morbidity and selected socio-demographic, motivational psychological variables; certain life experiences in the campus was studied. The results are discussed. This study is first of its kind in our country. |
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