TY - JOUR
KW - Anxiety
KW - Depression
KW - Depressive Disorder
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - India
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Morbidity
KW - Prevalence
KW - Psoriasis
KW - Socioeconomic Factors
AU - Bharath S
AU - Shamasundar C
AU - Raghuram R
AU - Subbakrishna D K
AB - <p>The psychiatric morbidity of 30 leprosy patients was compared with that of psoriasis in a clinic set-up. The prevalence of psychiatric morbidity was significantly less among leprosy patients (122/1000) than among those with psoriasis (476/1000); but the severity of the problem, as measured by General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), was significantly greater among leprosy patients (p < 0.05). There was no difference in the pattern of psychopathology diagnosis between the two groups. Depressive neurosis was the most common diagnosis in both the groups. The relevance of these findings in relation to leprosy is discussed.</p>
BT - Indian journal of leprosy
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9474509?dopt=Abstract
CN - Infolep Library - available
DA - 1997 Oct-Dec
IS - 4
J2 - Indian J Lepr
LA - eng
N2 - <p>The psychiatric morbidity of 30 leprosy patients was compared with that of psoriasis in a clinic set-up. The prevalence of psychiatric morbidity was significantly less among leprosy patients (122/1000) than among those with psoriasis (476/1000); but the severity of the problem, as measured by General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), was significantly greater among leprosy patients (p < 0.05). There was no difference in the pattern of psychopathology diagnosis between the two groups. Depressive neurosis was the most common diagnosis in both the groups. The relevance of these findings in relation to leprosy is discussed.</p>
PY - 1997
SP - 341
EP - 6
T2 - Indian journal of leprosy
TI - Psychiatric morbidity in leprosy and psoriasis--a comparative study.
VL - 69
SN - 0254-9395
ER -