title: Mental morbidity among graduate and research students : an epidemiological study.
abstract: A cross sectional epidemiological study of mental morbidity among 1160 postgraduate and research students was done by census method. Goldberg's 60 item GHQ was used as screening tool and a person scoring 12 and above was taken as a case. The response rate was 92.5%. A prevalence rate of 16.63 was found. The relationship between mental morbidity and selected socio-demographic, motivational psychological variables; certain life experiences in the campus was studied. The results are discussed. This study is first of its kind in our country.
authors: Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Community Psychiatry Unit, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore-560029.
authors: C R
authors: CR
authors: Chandrashekar
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Shamasundar
authors: R L
authors: RL
authors: Kapur
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authors: Kaliaperumae