Risk of Psychological Distress Among Individuals Living with a Mentally Ill Person: A Study from a Backward State of India and its Implications
Purpose: Psychological distress is often associated with common mental disorders. Studies show the measurements of psychological distress have a higher level of sensitivity and specificity toward serious mental illnesses. Present study aims to compare the presence and risk of psychological distress...
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doaj-a5f44ad2685e47f6ada292a2df70f7bb2020-11-24T22:41:48ZengLight House Polyclinic Mangalore Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences0972-59970972-59972017-01-01154Risk of Psychological Distress Among Individuals Living with a Mentally Ill Person: A Study from a Backward State of India and its ImplicationsKJ Mathew0Abhijit Pathak1Sakshi Rai2Sanku Jalla Sangeeta3Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatric Social Work, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi, IndiaCounselor, Richmond Fellowship Society, Delhi, IndiaAssistant Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi, IndiaResearch and communication assistant, Dr. Guislain Svastha Education Trust (G-SET), Ranchi, Jharkhand, IndiaPurpose: Psychological distress is often associated with common mental disorders. Studies show the measurements of psychological distress have a higher level of sensitivity and specificity toward serious mental illnesses. Present study aims to compare the presence and risk of psychological distress among individuals living with a mentally ill person and general public. Methods: 240 individuals living with a mentally ill person and 240 individuals from general public were evaluated for psychological distress by using Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, version-10. Odd ratio used for calculating the risk of psychological distress. Results: Study reveals nearly 50% and 15% presence of psychological distress respectively among the individuals living with a mentally ill person and general public. The risk for psychological distress was more than five times higher for the individuals living with a mentally ill person. Conclusions: The findings of the study indicate the higher vulnerability and presence of untreated psychiatric morbidity among the relatives of psychiatric patients compared to general public. http://www.ojhas.org/issue60/2016-4-6.htmlPsychological distressSerious mental illnessesLiving with mentally ill personUntreated mental illness |
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Risk of Psychological Distress Among Individuals Living with a Mentally Ill Person: A Study from a Backward State of India and its Implications |
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Risk of Psychological Distress Among Individuals Living with a Mentally Ill Person: A Study from a Backward State of India and its Implications |
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Risk of Psychological Distress Among Individuals Living with a Mentally Ill Person: A Study from a Backward State of India and its Implications |
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Risk of Psychological Distress Among Individuals Living with a Mentally Ill Person: A Study from a Backward State of India and its Implications |
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Risk of Psychological Distress Among Individuals Living with a Mentally Ill Person: A Study from a Backward State of India and its Implications |
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risk of psychological distress among individuals living with a mentally ill person: a study from a backward state of india and its implications |
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Light House Polyclinic Mangalore |
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Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences |
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Purpose: Psychological distress is often associated with common mental disorders. Studies show the measurements of psychological distress have a higher level of sensitivity and specificity toward serious mental illnesses. Present study aims to compare the presence and risk of psychological distress among individuals living with a mentally ill person and general public. Methods: 240 individuals living with a mentally ill person and 240 individuals from general public were evaluated for psychological distress by using Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, version-10. Odd ratio used for calculating the risk of psychological distress. Results: Study reveals nearly 50% and 15% presence of psychological distress respectively among the individuals living with a mentally ill person and general public. The risk for psychological distress was more than five times higher for the individuals living with a mentally ill person. Conclusions: The findings of the study indicate the higher vulnerability and presence of untreated psychiatric morbidity among the relatives of psychiatric patients compared to general public. |
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Psychological distress Serious mental illnesses Living with mentally ill person Untreated mental illness |
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