A prevalence study of common psychiatric disorders in rural population of Chhattisgarh

The present study focuses on to explore the prevalence of common psychiatric disorders in rural population of Chhattisgarh. This community based survey conducted in 12 randomly selected villages of Balod district, Chhattisgarh (India). In order to identity the prevailing trend of common psychiatric...

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Published in:IAHRW International journal of social sciences review 2018-12, Vol.6 (10), p.1891-1895
Main Authors: Ranjan, Lokesh Kumar, Ranjan, Jay Kumar, Gupta, Pramod R, Tendolkar, Prasanna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety
Clinical interviews
Health surveys
Medical personnel
Mental depression
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mental health professionals
Polls & surveys
Population
Psychiatric-mental health nursing
Psychopathology
Public health
Questionnaires
Rural areas
Sociodemographics
Stress
Suicides & suicide attempts
Teams
Villages
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Summary:The present study focuses on to explore the prevalence of common psychiatric disorders in rural population of Chhattisgarh. This community based survey conducted in 12 randomly selected villages of Balod district, Chhattisgarh (India). In order to identity the prevailing trend of common psychiatric disorders; a team of trained mental health professionals assesses 3150 participants using Comprehensive Clinical Interview, Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) and Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS). The result of this door-to-door survey indicates that 264 per 1000 person are suffering írom different psychiatric disorders in the rural population of Chhattisgarh. Decisively, mental health is amajor public health concern in the rural population of this region.
ISSN:2347-3797