MENTAL MORBIDITY AMONG GRADUATE AND RESEARCH STUDENTS : AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY

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