THE CHILD-REARING ATTITUDES OF THE PARENTS OF (MALE AND FEMALE) SCHIZOPHRENICS

It was hypothesised that there exists significant difference between the parents of male and of female schizophrenics and those of the corresponding control group, in the child-rearing attitudes. The experimental group consisted of the 62 pairs of parents of 62 male and 38 pairs of parents of 38 female schizophrenics. A control group of 100 pairs of parents of mentally and physically healthy off-springs were taken. Subjects were matched for intelligence, age, sex, level of education, religion and per capita income and all of them were free from mental illness at any time during their life. The Bengali version of PARI for fathers were used. The results were consistent with the hypotheses. Certain child-rearing attitudes of the parents of schizophrenics were found which were significantly different from the corresponding control groups

THE PERSONALITY FACTORS OF THE PARENT OF (MALE AND FEMALE) SCHIZOPHRENICS

It was hypothesised that there exists significant difference between the parents of male and of female schizophrenics and those of the corresponding control group in the personality factors. The experimental group consisted of 62 pairs of parents of 62 male and 38 pairs of parents of 38 female schizophrenics. A control group of 100 pairs of parents of mentally and physically healthy off-springs were taken. Subjects were matched for intelligence level, age level, sex, level of education, religion and per capita income and all of them were free from mental illness at any time during their life. The Bengali version of Cattail's 16 PF (C Form) (excluding Factor B) was used. The parents of schizophrenics were found to be significantly different from the corresponding control group in certain personality factors. The results substantiate the hypotheses

A STUDY OF PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY OF THE ELDERLY POPULATION OF A RURAL COMMUNITY IN WEST BENGAL

A door to door field-survey was conducted in two villages by a team of psychiatrists with the aim of assessing the mental morbidity of the population. The present communication is restricted to the mental morbidity of the elderly population aged 60 years and above. The total sample comprised 183 persons (male 85, female 98). Majority of the families (44.2%) belonged to class IV according to Pareek and Trivedi's scale. Sixty one percent of the elderly population was mentally ill. Women had a higher rate of morbidity than men (77.6% and 42.4% repetitively). The overwhelming majority of the affected persons were depressives. Rate of dementia was low

MODE OF SPREAD OF EPIDEMIC KORO IN A VILLAGE IN WEST BENGAL

The mode of spread of epidemic Koro in a village in West Bengal has been described and the psychological principles involved in it have been explained

MODIFIED MASTERS JOHNSON TECHNIQUE IN THE TREATMENT OF SEXUAL INADEQUACY IN MALES

21 married men were treated for erectile defect and premature ejaculation (both primary & secondary) by modified Masters-Johnson technique. 16(76.2%) recovered. The success rate was higher in secondary cases (83.3%). Best results were obtained in 30—39 yrs age group. The modified technique has been described in detail. Factors favourable and unfavourable for success have been discussed

THE VULNERABILITY OF INDIAN WOMEN TO SUICIDE A FIELD-STUDY

58 cases of suicide were recorded in one year in a cluster of villages comprising a police-station area. The incidence was 43.4 per lakh. Women out numbered men. Two-thirds of the victims were aged below 25 years. In women the commonest cause of suicide was quarrel with husband and in men it was quarrel with parents. Poisoning with insecticide was the mode of suicide in an overwhelming majority of cases. The situational, psychological and socio-cultural perspectives have been discussed

A STUDY ON PERCEPTION OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONS OF EMOTIONS IN DEPRESSION

The study was designed with a view to examine the relationship between perception of facial affects and psychopathology. Forty normal and twenty depressive subjects were asked to recognize the facial emotions provided and to discriminate the emotional tone in terms of intensity of expression while presented in pairs. A pair comparison solution indicate that the depressives were highly evaluative in the effect of sadness and less evaluative in happiness, in comparison to normals

A STUDY OF PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN MARRIED MALES WITH SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION

Thirty married males with sexual dysfunction were first examined by the venereologist in the STD clinic. Then they were assessed with General Health Questionnaire-36 items (Physical illness items removed) (GHQ-36P) and Hamilton Rating Scale for depression (HRS-D). Results were compared with properly matched controls. 53 % of the patients belonged to age group of 25-34 years. Erectile importence was the most common type' of sexual dysfunction. 80% of the patients scored high(≥ 5) in GHQ-36P. Depression of moderate to severe degree were present in more than 75% of the high scorers