01460nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001000059653001100069653004200080653001100122653001200133653000900145653001600154100001400170700001800184700001500202700002100217245006600238300001100304490000700315050001600322520084200338022001401180       2001                            d  c2001 Jul-Sep10aAdult10aFemale10aHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged1 aBharath S1 aShamasundar C1 aRaghuram R1 aSubbakrishna D K00aCorrelates of psychiatric morbidity in patients with leprosy.  a217-280 v73  aBHARATH20013 a<p>The relationship between psychiatric morbidity in 30 leprosy patients under treatment as assessed by the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) and certain variables of their illness and psychosocial factors is examined in this paper. Physical disability and duration of illness were the illness variables considered; knowledge and adjustment were the psychosocial variables included. Bell's Adjustment Inventory (BAI) measured the latter, psychiatric morbidity was positively correlated with physical disability (p < 0.05), knowledge about the disease (p < 0.01) and social, emotional and health maladjustment (p < 0.01), but not with duration of illness (p > 0.05). The importance of appropriate knowledge, social stigma and physical disability in leprosy is discussed in addressing the psychiatric morbidity of leprosy patients.</p>  a0254-9395