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PREVALENCE OF PRIORITY PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN A RURAL AREA IN KERALA
The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence rate of priority psychiatric disorders in a rural area in Kerala and to find out the sociodemographic correlates of the morbidity. A door to door survey had been conducted by trained surveyors to identify individuals with priority psychiatri...
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| Médium: | Printed Book |
| Vydáno: |
Indian J. Psycfuat, 1995,
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| On-line přístup: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/005453.pdf |
| Shrnutí: | The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence rate of priority psychiatric disorders in a
rural area in Kerala and to find out the sociodemographic correlates of the morbidity. A door to door
survey had been conducted by trained surveyors to identify individuals with priority psychiatric
disorders. The detected cases were examined by a psychiatrist at their houses in the village itself, to
confirm as to whether they were having any psychiatric disorder. Out of the 1094 households surveyed
(having a population of five thousand two hundred and eighty four), seventy seven individuals were
found to have priority psychiatric disorders giving a prevalence rate of 14.57 per thousand. Females
in generalshowedincreased mental morbidity. An increased prevalence rate has been observed among
Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes. An increased morbidity is noticed among the people belonging to
the lower socioeconomic sta |
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| Fyzický popis: | p.91-96. 37(9,)91-96. |