title: Depressive disorders in the developing world.
abstract: In order to find out whether the finding of different prevalence rates for depression in rural and urban areas of India is supported by a difference in symptomatology as well, 30 rural and 42 urban hospitalized MDP-Depressed patients were compared on Hamilton Depression Scale and Schedule for Standardized Assessment of Patients with Depressive Disorders. Symptoms of guilt, loss of concentration and memory were significantly more in urban patients whereas gastrointestinal somatic symptoms were significantly higher in rural subjects. The difference is probably due to urban subjects being more sophisticated, expressive and familiar with mental disorders as compared to rural patients who being more familiar with somatic illnesses tend to somatize their psychic distress.
mesh_terms: D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006262:Health; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D012423:Rural Health; D014504:Urban Health