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Socio-Economic Status and Mental Disorder— Profile of a Nigerian Psychiatric Inpatient Population

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  • U.H. Ihezue

    (Department of Psychological Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Enugu, NIGERIA)

  • N. Kumaraswamy

    (Department of Psychological Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Enugu, NIGERIA)

  • A.N. Onuora

    (Department of Psychological Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Enugu, NIGERIA)

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A study of the socio-economic and diagnostic profile of psychiatric patients treated at a mental hospital in Nigeria over a period of six months was conducted. Schizophrenia, organic psychosis, and mental sub-normality were found to have been diagnosed more often among under privileged persons from lower socio-economic classes; while affective disorder (manic depression) and neurotic illness were commoner among persons from economically more fortunate higher social classes. Males-exceeded females in the cohort and the patients generally exhibited upward social mobility when compared with their parents. Possible socio-cultural factors contributing to the findings have been discussed. A suggestion is made for a more elaborate field work to study the relationship between socio-economic class and psychopathology in a developing country like Nigeria.

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  • U.H. Ihezue & N. Kumaraswamy & A.N. Onuora, 1986. "Socio-Economic Status and Mental Disorder— Profile of a Nigerian Psychiatric Inpatient Population," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 32(1), pages 29-38, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:32:y:1986:i:1:p:29-38
    DOI: 10.1177/002076408603200104
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