title: Family history of mental illness as a factor in relapse and non relapse of discharged functional psychotics.
abstract: 842 patients suffering from the functional psychoses were followed up for 4-6 years after their discharge from Mental Hospital, Agra during January 1969 to December. 1970 in order to study the recurrence of the disease in them. This was done by reviewing the case history sheets of outpatient and inpatient departments of mental hospital, Agra and also by the personal correspondence wherever necessary. Out of these 824 patients, 336 were found to have relapsed. This study reveals the effect of family environment on the prognosis of functional psychoses. The relapse of functional psychoses was not found to be related to the genetic loading.
authors.affiliation: C.M.O., Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College, Jhansi.
authors.forename: O P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Gangil
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Jain