Volume : VIII, Issue : VII, July - 2019

A Study on Illness Perception in Patients with Psychiatric Disorders

Dr. Anirban Ray

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Introduction: Stigma of mental illness is secondary to negative illness representations of psychiatric diseases. It is also culture dependent. Hence the need of study in Bengali population in eastern India. Material & Methods: 146 psychiatric patients and 124 healthy controls who were accompanied similar patients and hence from socio-culturally similar background included in study and Brief IPQ (Illness Perception Questionnaire) applied. CGI-S and ICD 10 were applied to the patient group. Result and Analysis: Illness perception not significantly different in patients and their relatives. Education & occupation and sex are determinants of illness perception. Illness were perceived as more dreaded in lower educated persons and housewives and in female sex in general. More severe disease state associated with more negative disease perception. Conclusion: Psycho-education is essential not only to patients but also to relatives and for the society in general. More attention needed to be paid for vulnerable people.

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A STUDY ON ILLNESS PERCEPTION IN PATIENTS WITH PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS, Dr. Anirban Ray GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-8 | Issue-7 | July-2019

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