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P02-369 - Patterns Of Mental Disorders In Women In A Rural Community, In An Indian Rural Clinic
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 April 2020
Abstract
Women's mental health in a devoloping & poor economicaly rescourced country like India is often neglected, lately diagonosed & treated,but are numerous & of various kind.
In the week ending 14th June 2009, 100 women's those were treated in a rural clinic, 75 k.m off from the city of Kolkata were analysed here to get a current trends of patterns of disorders those are prevalant in women in 2009.
To feel the status of women's mental health in the community and to formulate necessary recommendations.
Total no. of women cases attended in a busy Clinic in Tamluk, near calcutta were taken.
100 women cases age ranging from 9-79 were analysed here as to their diagnostic formulation as per WHO, ICD-10 criteria.
Mean age of the patient attended was44 and mode was 35yrs.
In the younger age group 9-17 years group there were 15 cases mostly Mental retardation with behavior disorders & examination & study related Anxiety disorders with head pain &diff pain symptoms.Mental retardation are mild in nature & caused by Home delivery &prolonged delivery in all the cases, except one who was put on I.V Synthocinonin drip for long time instead of a c.s section in time.
Inthe middle group 18-45 years,Depressive Disorders, Bipolar disorders, Hysteria, Anxiety disorders, Schizophrenia &OCD are main entities.
Inthe late age group MDD, Senile dementia with & Delutional disorders are common.
In a clinic based study womenn's mental disorders are plenty.
This is an important arena of early intervention.
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- Women's mental health
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