Epidemiology of mental disorders in young adults of a newly urbanized area in Khartoum, Sudan

Two hundred and four subjects, 22-35 years old, were selected from a suburban part of Khartoum. They were assessed using the Self-Rating Questionnaire, the Eysenck Personality Inventory, and a Sudanese rating scale of anxiety and depression. Socio-economic information was collected. A psychiatric in...

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Published inBritish journal of psychiatry Vol. 155; p. 44
Main Authors Rahim, S I, Cederblad, M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.07.1989
Subjects
Adult
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Cross-Sectional Studies
Developing Countries
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Sudan - epidemiology
Urbanization
Sudan
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Summary:Two hundred and four subjects, 22-35 years old, were selected from a suburban part of Khartoum. They were assessed using the Self-Rating Questionnaire, the Eysenck Personality Inventory, and a Sudanese rating scale of anxiety and depression. Socio-economic information was collected. A psychiatric interview and a medical examination were carried out. It was found that 40.3% had at least one psychiatric symptom, and 16.6% received clinical diagnoses according to DSM-III. The most common diagnoses were depressive illness (neurotic and endogenous) (8.4%) and generalised anxiety (3.4%). Alcohol abuse was very rare (0.4%). There was no sex difference.
ISSN:0007-1250
DOI:10.1192/bjp.155.1.44