01061nas a2200193   4500000000100000008004100001653001200042653002400054653002600078653002500104100001200129700001300141700001200154700001700166245008200183300001200265490000700277520058300284       1981                            d10aleprosy10aPsychological study10aResettlement villages10aPsychological status1 aKim Y P1 aYang C S1 aKim K S1 aWarnberg T J00aLeprosy: A Psychological Study: I. leprosy patients in resettlement villages.  a135-1440 v193 a<p>Many factors including social rejection, family problems, loss of educational opportunity, fear, prejudice and ignorance of leprosy compound the inherent psychologicaI stress of leprosy. In light of these problems we have undertaken a study to evaluate the psychological status of several selected groups of leprasy patients. We first studied 340 leprosy patients living in resettlement villages and 304 healthy people living in similar isolated areas. We used a self report symptom inventory, SCL-90 (symptom check list-90), and compared the two-groups. (countinued..)</p>