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Common Mental Disorders Among Primary Care Attenders in Vellore, South India: Nature, Prevalence and Risk Factors

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  • M. Pothen
  • A. Kuruvilla
  • K. Philip
  • A. Joseph
  • K. S. Jacob

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Objective: The study examined the nature and prevalence of and the factors associated with common mental disorders in primary care in Vellore, South India. Method: Consecutive attenders ( N = 327) to a primary health care facility were recruited. Results: One hundred and eleven (33.9%) subjects satisfied criteria for common mental disorders. Depression was the common presentation (83.8%). Indicators of low socio-economic status (being in debt, inability to buy food, having less than three square meals per day) and illiteracy were significantly associated with caseness. Conclusions: Subjects with common mental disorders are commonly seen in primary health care settings. Illiteracy and poverty are associated with caseness. Primary health care research and policy needs to focus on common mental disorders.

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  • M. Pothen & A. Kuruvilla & K. Philip & A. Joseph & K. S. Jacob, 2003. "Common Mental Disorders Among Primary Care Attenders in Vellore, South India: Nature, Prevalence and Risk Factors," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 49(2), pages 119-125, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:49:y:2003:i:2:p:119-125
    DOI: 10.1177/0020764003049002005
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    1. M Khurram Malik & KS Jacob, 2015. "Psychological morbidity among co-residents of older people in rural South India: Prevalence and risk factors," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 61(2), pages 183-187, March.
    2. B. Ravi Shankar & B. Saravanan & K. S. Jacob, 2006. "Explanatory Models of Common Mental Disorders among Traditional Healers and Their Patients in Rural South India," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 52(3), pages 221-233, May.
    3. Aiswarya R Nair & Yeshvanth Kumar Gubbi Shivanna & Jesson Paulson Illimoottil & Arun Rachana & Gowri S Mahasampath & Sunil Abraham & Suja Kurian, 2022. "Common mental disorders among women and its social correlates in an urban marginalized populace in South India," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 68(7), pages 1394-1402, November.
    4. Deepa S Joy & SD Manoranjitham & P Samuel & KS Jacob, 2017. "Explanatory models and distress in primary caregivers of patients with acute psychotic presentations: A study from South India," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 63(7), pages 563-568, November.

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