Mental health problems of a sample of Egyptian workers in Industry

This study comprised examination of 53 cases records of male patients referred to Khanka Mental Hospital in 1976. Forty one of these are workers in the Public Transport Corporation and 11 are workers in the National Co. for Metalic Industries, both groups are 20 to 59 years of age. The mental disorders represented in this work included schizophrenia, depression, addiction and others. There was no significant difference between the proportions of the prevailing mental disorders in the groups of patients studied. There was a difference in the age incidence of the illnesses in the two groups of our study. Another finding was that a statistically significant difference between the relative frequency of mental illness in our sample of industrial workers and that for the general population

Medical students attitudes towards smoking

Two hundred and Eighty male University medical students were randomly selected for a study of the student's smoking heabits and attitudes towards smoking. Questionnaires dealt with personal data, current smoking habits and attitudes towards smoking. Data about parents were also included. It was found that 57.1% of the students were cigarette smokers for an average 5 to 10 years duration. Seventhly per cent of them smoked more than 20 cigarettes per day. Imitation to parents or friends was the commonest cause of starting to smoke [75%]. The various risk factors studied were analysed and were found to confirm similar studied carried out in other countries before. The importance of developing effective antismoking programs to combat this epidemic of smoking among students was discussed