Mental disorders in patients admitted to a general hospital in western Ethiopia 1960-1970.
An investigation was undertaken into the occurrence of mental disorders among patients admitted to a general hospital in western Ethiopia during a 10-year period. The proportion of patients with psychiatric diagnoses was low (0.7-2.3% per year). The findings as regards clinical picture are in accordance with other investigations from developing countries, viz. there is a high frequency of amorphous, easily precipitated and recurrent transient psychoses and hysterical symptoms and states. The findings are compared with data from a Swedish psychiatric clinic and discussed from the point of view of organizing psychiatric care in a developing country.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003469:Culture; D003906:Developing Countries; D005002:Ethiopia; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors