Open AccessPsychiatric Morbidity in Patients with Chikungunya Fever: First Report from India
Author(s) -
M S Bhatia,
Priyanka Gautam,
Anurag Jhanjee
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/14569.6586
Subject(s) - psychiatry , medicine , chikungunya , neurasthenia , anxiety , generalized anxiety disorder , panic disorder , pediatrics , dengue fever , immunology
Chikungunya fever is an acute illness caused by an arbovirus and has various complications like neurological, psychological, dermatological and even multi organ failure. Psychiatric co-morbidity is not very well studied till now. This is the first report from India.