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| Year : 1994 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 170-172 |
Psychiatric Morbidity in Patients with Chronic Abdominal Pain
SS Kachhwaha1, VS Chadda2, AK Singhwal3, P Bhardwaj4
1 (Formerly) Senior Registrar, Department of Medicine, S.P. Medical College & P.B.M. Group of Hospitals, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
2 Professor of Medicine, S.P. Medical College & P.B.M. Group of Hospitals, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
3 Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, S.P. Medical College & P.B.M. Group of Hospitals, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
4 Associate Professor of Psychiatry, S.P. Medical College & P.B.M. Group of Hospitals, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
Correspondence Address:
S S Kachhwaha
A-76, Kami Nagar, Naganachiji Area, Pawanpuri, Bikaner, Rajasthan 334 003
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
PMID: 21743696 
Fifty cases of chronic non-specific abdominal pain were studied prospectively. All patients were subjected to a detailed clinical examination and investigations related to gastrointestinal system. A full psychiatric assessment was done with application of Goldberg's 60 item's General Health Questionnaire. Thirty four (68%) patients had psychiatric symptoms, of whom twenty six (52%) had a definite psychiatric illness while the remaining eight patients had organic illness. Sixteen patients (32%) had a pure organic illness. Dysthymic disorder constituted the main (22%) psychiatric illness.
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