Open AccessPsychiatric Morbidity Among Inmates of Leprosy Homes
Author(s) -
Kanika Jindal,
Gurvinder Singh,
Varinder Mohan,
Bharat Bhushan Mahajan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.122221
Subject(s) - psychiatry , general health questionnaire , medicine , anxiety , leprosy , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , mini international neuropsychiatric interview , distress , population , clinical psychology , environmental health , dermatology
Leprosy affected people are having high psychological distress and it in turn leads to psychiatric disorders. There is a paucity of literature from our country in this significant health problem.