PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CLINICS ONE YEAR AFTER A MAJOR LATIN AMERICAN DISASTER.

Autor:	Lima, Bruno R., Pai, Shaila, Caris, Lius, Haro, Josep Maria, Lima, Ana Maciel, Toledo, Virginia, Lazano, Julio, Santacruz, Herman
Předmět:	MENTAL illness PSYCHOLOGICAL stress ANXIETY PRIMARY care NATURAL disasters POST-traumatic stress disorder DISASTER victims PSYCHIATRIC disability evaluation MENTAL health services PSYCHIATRIC diagnosis PSYCHOLOGICAL tests
Zdroj:	Stress Medicine; Jan/Mar91, Vol. 7 Issue 1, p25-32, 8p
Abstrakt:	One year after a major natural disaster in Colombia, 100 consecutive adult patients attending two primary health care clinics in neighboring towns were screened for emotional distress with the Self-Reporting Questionnaire, and a sub-sample of 50 subjects were administered a semi-structured psychiatric interview to produce DSM-III diagnoses. Of those, 20 (40%) had a psychiatric diagnosis: post-traumatic stress disorder (n = 12), generalized anxiety disorder (n = 6), psychological factors complicating physical illness (n = 1), and drug abuse (n = 1). The screening instrument proved adequate for the identification of patients at risk of having a psychiatric disorder: its sensitivity was 90% and its specificity was 50%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze:	Complementary Index
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