Correlates of psychosexual issues in the Jamaican population / Correlatos de problemas psicosexuales en la población Jamaicana

OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between the psychopathological correlates of psychosexual phenomena in post-colonial Jamaica. METHODS: A total of 1506 adult individuals were sampled from 2150 households using a stratified sampling method and assessed with the Jamaica Personality Disorder Inventory (JPDI). Responses to the seven questions on the psychological features of homosexual practices, sexual practices and dysfunction were tabulated and analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 17. RESULTS: Of the sample, 79.38% denied having phenomenological symptoms of psychosexual phenomena while 20.33% of the population admitted to having some degree of heterosexual and homosexual phenomena, ranging from mild (5.13%), to moderate (11.40), or severe (3.80%). Sixteen (1.06%) responders described homosexual practices in their lives, and 53 (3.52%) described thinking frequently about homosexual experiences in their subjective psychic lives. Significantly more (p > 0.001) male responders (348, 23.11%) had difficulty being sexually faithful to one person at a time than females (122, 8.10%). The lower class cohort members (348, 23.11%) were more likely to have had multiple sexual relationships over the previous 12 months than socio-economic class (SEC) 1-3 responders (54, 3.58%) and were more likely (681, 45.21%) to fantasize about sexual relationships with persons other than their partners (p < 0.001) than SEC 1-3 responders (94, 6.24%). CONCLUSION: Significant levels of multiple sexual partnerships and feelings of infidelity in a swathe of Jamaican people reveal underlying psychosexual anxiety and guilt, poor impulse control and difficulties with partner intimacy. This psychopathology is correlated to concomitant high-risk public health sexual behaviour such as teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and HIV/AIDS existing in the Jamaican society.

OBJETIVO: Examinar la relación entre los correlatos psicopatológicos de los fenómenos psicosexuales en la Jamaica postcolonial. MÉTODOS: Un total de 1506 individuos adultos fueron tomados como muestras a partir de 2150 hogares, usando un método de muestreo estratificado, y evaluados mediante el Inventario de Trastornos de la Personalidad de Jamaica (JPDI). Las respuestas a las siete preguntas sobre las características psicológicas de las prácticas homosexuales, las prácticas sexuales, y la disfunción, fueron tabuladas y analizadas mediante el Paquete Estadístico para las Ciencias Sociales (SPSS) versión 17. RESULTADOS: De la muestra, 79.38% negó tener síntomas fenomenológicos de fenómenos psicosexuales, mientras que el 20.33% de la población admitió haber tenido algún grado de fenómenos heterosexuales y homosexuales, desde leves (5.13%) a moderados (11.40) o severos (3.80%). Once encuestados (0.73%) reportaron prácticas homosexuales en sus vidas, y 53 (3.52%) reportaron pensar con frecuencia acerca de experiencias homosexuales en su vida psíquica subjetiva. Significativamente más encuestados varones (p > 0.001) (348, 23.11%) tuvieron dificultades para ser fieles sexualmente a una persona alguna vez, en comparación con las hembras (122, 8.10%). Los miembros de la cohorte de clase baja (348, 23.11%) eran más propensos a tener múltiples relaciones sexuales en los 12 meses anteriores (3.58%), y tuvieron una mayor probabilidad (681, 45.21%) de tener fantasías acerca de relaciones sexuales con personas que no eran sus parejas (p < 0.001) en comparación con los encuestados de SEC 1-3 (94, 6.24%). CONCLUSIÓN: Los niveles significativos de las relaciones sexuales múltiples y los sentimientos de la infidelidad en un sector del pueblo jamaicano, revelan ansiedad psicosexual subyacente y sentimientos de culpa, control de impulsos pobre, y dificultades con la intimidad de la pareja. Esta psicopatología está correlacionada con comportamientos sexuales concomitantes de alto riesgo en la salud pública, tales como el embarazo adolescente, las enfermedades de transmisión sexual (ETS), y el VIH/SIDA, existentes en la sociedad jamaicana.

Study of Psychiatric Morbidity and Psychosexual Dysfunctions in Patients of Alcohol Dependence.

Introduction: Alcohol dependence is a major threat to public health throughout the world. Just as a virus, use of alcohol and alcohol trafficking knows no bounds or limitations. It spreads all over a country; from nation to nation, to the entire globe infecting every civilized society irrespective of caste, creed, culture and geographical location. Aims: To study the psychiatric morbidity and psychosexual dysfunctions among patients of alcohol dependence. Material and Methods : 50 alcohol dependence patients attending psychiatry OPD and admitted in Deaddiction ward under Department of Psychiatry, J.L.N. Hospital, AJMER, who fulfilled the inclusion criteria constituted the sample of study (study group). These alcohol dependence cases were compared with 50 matched controls preferably relatives or family members of alcohol dependence, who were not abusing any substance at present or in the past except tobacco (control group). Psychiatric morbidity and psychosexual dysfunctions were assessed by Eysenck’s Personality Inventory, Indian psychiatry interview schedule, and Brief sexual functioning questionnaire. Results and Conclusion: In conclusion our study highlights that most of studied groups were Hindu male between 31-35 years age and belong to urban area, mostly were married, primary educated, unemployed and belong to joint families, lower and lower middle class status. Most of patients suffered from depression and impotence due to alcohol dependence in comparison of normal healthy control.