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| Year : 1998 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 266-273 |
Geropsychiatric Morbidity in Rural Uttar Pradesh
SC Tiwari1, Shrikant Srivastava2
1 Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, KG's Medical College, Lucknow, India
2 Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, KG's Medical College, Lucknow, India
Correspondence Address:
S C Tiwari
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, KG's Medical College, Lucknow
India
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PMID: 21494483 
In a specific geographical area an estimate of prevalence of psychiatric morbidility was done. The sample was divided into geriatric population-psychiatrically ill and non-ill, and non-geriatric psychiatrically ill-field based population; the last group was compared with a similar hospital based sample. The total prevalence of psychiatric illness in geriatric group was 42.21%, and neurotic depression, MDP-depressed and anxiety state were most prevalent. To no single factor could be a definitive role, such as diagnostic, etiological, therapeutic or preventive, could be attributed.
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