01287nas a2200277   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001000055653002300065653000900088653002000097653001100117653001100128653001200139653000900151653001600160653002300176653001700199100001500216245004000231300001100271490000700282050003200289520067400321022001400995       1981                            d  c1981 Apr10aAdult10aAffective Symptoms10aAged10aChronic Disease10aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aSuicide, Attempted10aTime Factors1 aBehere P B00aPsychological reactions to leprosy.  a266-720 v53  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>The study was conducted to find out the psychological reactions to leprosy, to correlate psychological symptomatology with duration of leprosy and to find out suicidal attempts among leprosy patients. 24 patients were randomly selected from "Kashi Kusth Swasth Shala and Punarvas Mandir". They were administered the Hindi adaptation of Middlesex Hospital Questionnaire. 14 patients verbalised suicidal ideas and 2 have had suicidal attempts. Psychological symptomatology was less reported by those whose duration of illness was longer and more symptoms were reported by those whose illness was of shorter duration. The various findings are discussed in length.</p>
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