Pattern of depressive disorder among the permanent sterilized women.
A prospective study was done on 100 permanent sterilized women (age 21 to 40 years) attending two model family planning clinics of Dhaka. By using DSM III-R criteria for major depressive episode, 19 were found to have depressive disorder. Among them 3 were severe, 8 were moderate and rest 8 were mild according to HRSD score. The average number of children in postligated depressive group was 5 in number. Almost all the depressives had considerable life events one year before ligation and relationship problem was the most frequent event. The time of occurrence of depressive disorder was within 2-3 months after ligation in 42.11% of the depressives. Only 2 cases of the depressives were getting psychiatric treatment which indicates lack of awareness about the existence of depression among postligated women.
Khanam
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Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Post Graduate Medicine and Research, Dhaka.
Mullich
M S
MS
Munib
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D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013245:Sterilization, Reproductive / Q000523:psychology*