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Psychiatric Morbidity Among Foreign Housemaids in Kuwait

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  • Salel M. El-Hilu

    (Psychological Medicine Hospital, P.O. Box 4081, 13041 Safat, Kuwait)

  • Rawhiya Mousa

    (Psychological Medicine Hospital, Kuwait)

  • Hani Abdulmalek

    (Psychological Medicine Hospital, Kuwait)

  • Nahed Kamel

    (Psychological Medicine Hospital, Kuwait)

  • Mostafa Zohdi

    (Psychological Medicine Hospital, Kuwait)

  • Ali Maher

    (Psychological Medicine Hospital, Kuwait)

  • Mohammad Al-Aamriti

    (Psychological Medicine Hospital, Kuwait)

Abstract

First admission rates to the psychiatric hospital in Kuwait revealed that foreign housemaids as a whole had about five times the rate of Kuwaiti females. According to hospital diagnoses the housemaids had significantly more acute situational distur bances and mania, and less depressive illness and organic mental disorders. Regar ding schizophrenia and paranoid state there was no significant difference between the two groups. It is recommended that good interpreters should be appointed as part of an appropriate staffing of the psychiatric hospital.

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  • Salel M. El-Hilu & Rawhiya Mousa & Hani Abdulmalek & Nahed Kamel & Mostafa Zohdi & Ali Maher & Mohammad Al-Aamriti, 1990. "Psychiatric Morbidity Among Foreign Housemaids in Kuwait," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 36(4), pages 291-299, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:36:y:1990:i:4:p:291-299
    DOI: 10.1177/002076409003600407
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