Psychiatric morbidities among mentally ill wives of Nepalese men working abroad

Type Journal Article - Industrial psychiatry journal
Title Psychiatric morbidities among mentally ill wives of Nepalese men working abroad
Author(s)
Volume 23
Issue 1
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2014
Page numbers 52-57
URL https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4261215/
Abstract
Introduction:

Husband working abroad may have not only favorable outcomes for wives and other family members but also adverse consequences, including psychological problems. Present study intended to look into psychiatric morbidity profiles of the Nepalese female psychiatric patients and the stressors related with their husband working abroad.

Materials and Methods:

This is a hospital-based descriptive study with convenient sampling method. Hundred consecutive female psychiatric patients, with the particular stressor, coming into the contact of the investigating team were enrolled within the study period of 12 months. The psychiatric morbidities/diagnoses were sorted out according to the International classification of disease and infirmity, 10th edition (ICD-10) criteria.

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