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. 1985 Oct;27(4):303-10.

Neuropsychiatric morbidity in a beggars' colony

P S Sharma  1 , D Muralidhar, P S Gopinath
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Neuropsychiatric morbidity in a beggars' colony

P S Sharma et al. Indian J Psychiatry. 1985 Oct.

Abstract

A begger's colony where a neuropsychiatric extension clinic is being run by NIMHANS, Bangalore, was selected for this study wherein 78 neuropsychiatrically ill inmates and 85 well ones were examined and diagnosed as per I.C.D.-9 and followed up on treatment. A period prevalence of 131.09/1000 serious neuropsychiatric morbidity was found with psychoses, mental retardation and epilepsy being more frequent than in general population studies. Findings in this study, point towards a need for reaching neuropsychiatric care to this section of society, and also confirm the association of certain social factors with serious morbidity.

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