Open AccessPsychiatric morbidity in patients of pulmonary tuberculosis-an observational study
Author(s) -
Lalit Singh,
Pavan Kumar Pardal,
Jyoti Prakash
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/0972-6748.181722
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary tuberculosis , depression (economics) , tuberculosis , anxiety , psychiatry , incidence (geometry) , beck depression inventory , pediatrics , pathology , physics , optics , economics , macroeconomics
A lot of stigma and misconceptions about pulmonary tuberculosis still persist, in spite of the advances in treatment. Thus, a mere diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis can be a psychological trauma to an individual. The situation has aggravated with the association of tuberculosis with HIV infection.
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