Open AccessETIOLOGICAL GENDER DIFFERENCES IN PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
Author(s) -
Imtiaz Ahmad Dogar,
Memoona Kiran,
Hina Iram,
Qurat-ul-ain Arshed,
Raisa Nazir
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2006.13.04.4954
Subject(s) - etiology , neuroticism , anxiety , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychiatry , medicine , mood , mood disorders , mania , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , bipolar disorder , affect (linguistics) , personality , personality disorders , psychology , social psychology , communication , economics , macroeconomics
Background: Recent studies have shown particular differences foundin both gender neurotic disorders but not in psychotic disorders with regard to environmental factors. But research inthis area in Pakistan is direly needed. Aims & Objectives: To find out what gender; either male or female more affectfrom environmental factors whether they are susceptible of that disorder or not and to find out the “etiology of genderdifferences in psychological disorder”. Design: Non-interventional comparative study. Setting: Department ofPsychiatry, District Headquarters Hospital, Faisalabad. Period: From May 2005 to Oct 2005. Material and Methods:A total of 80 patients of all ages are taken from in which we divide the sample i.e. each disorder comprises of 20patients 10 male and 10 females. The Hospital that used is DHQ Hospital Faisalabad. We have used the randomselection. The study is comprises of patient having Mood disorder, Anxiety, schizophrenia and personality disorder.For the simple analysis of data, percentages were applied for the statistical analysis. Results: The result showed thathypothesis is supported because there are significant differences (i.e. 42.5% > 30%) found as environmental factorsaffect more universally on females. Conclusion: Environmental factors affect more in women psychological health.Etiological gender differences in psychological disorders with special reference of mood disorder, anxiety disorder,schizophrenia and personality disorders are real and these gender differences may be due to their both nature ornurture gender. There are significant etiological gender differences in neurotic disorders i.e. Depression and anxietydisorder and minor difference in psychotic disorders i.e. Schizophrenia and mania.