Open AccessEvaluation of treatment of psychiatric morbidity among limb amputees
Author(s) -
Sojan Baby,
Suprakash Chaudhury,
Tejvir Singh Walia
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/ipj.ipj_69_18
Subject(s) - psychiatry , rehabilitation , depression (economics) , phantom pain , anxiety , phantom limb , mcgill pain questionnaire , amputation , medicine , physical therapy , psychology , visual analogue scale , economics , macroeconomics
The sudden jolt of becoming an amputee brings with it the realization of loss of independence and self-built psychological and physical security. Advances in the field of prosthesis give the individual hope for better future, but the presence of psychological morbidity is a hurdle to be crossed in the road to satisfactory rehabilitation.