A Study of Psychiatric Morbidity in Survivors of Tsunami Disaster in South India
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 4
Abstract
aims 1. To compare the psychiatric morbidity between groups having different levels of exposure to trauma and differ in the extent of loss suffered following the disaster 2. To identify the socio demographic variables associated with psychiatric morbidity 3. To assess the relation between severity of exposure and psychiatric morbidity Methods: we did a retrospective cohort study which compares the psychiatric morbidity between two groups of tsunami survivors with different levels of severity of exposure and loss. Results: 18 persons in group i (36%) had an axis -1 psychiatric diagnosis compared to 4 persons in the other group (8%). Among the subjects in group –i who received a psychiatric diagnosis 39% had ptsd, 28% had major depression, 16.5% had anxiety disorder and 16.5% had alcohol related disorders. 77% of those with ptsd were females. Among the subjects in group -ii who received a psychiatric diagnosis one (25%) had depression, two persons had alcohol related disorders(50%) and one subject had delusional disorder(25%).increasing age, female sex, preexisting physical and mental illness and exposure to trauma had a positive correlation conclusions: the high rate of psychiatric disorders found in these survivors of tsunami in this study indicates the need for judicious provision of mental health services for disaster survivors. This suggests that to reduce negative health impacts of the disaster adequate psychosocial support is needed for those who survived the tragedy.
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Dr Nikhil U. G, Dr Jithu V. P
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