Open AccessAssessment of mortality and marital status of schizophrenic patients over a period of 13 years
Author(s) -
R Ponnudurai,
J Jayakar,
Bwc Sathiya Sekaran
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.31595
Subject(s) - period (music) , marital status , psychology , demography , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychiatry , clinical psychology , medicine , sociology , art , population , aesthetics
Studies on standardized mortality rates of schizophrenic patients might help to increase the life span of these patients. Such data from developing countries including India are lacking. Investigations that provide clues regarding the quality of their family lives could also be beneficial.