Hysterical aphonia--an analysis of 25 cases.
Indian J Med Sci
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2000 Aug; 54(8): 335-8
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in English
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| ID: sea-65866
ABSTRACT
Hysteria is a common neurotic disorder in psychiatric practice. Many of its conversion symptoms have not been studied in detail. In the present prospective study in a tertiary care teaching hospital, 25 cases of hysterical aphonia were analysed. There were 17 females and 8 males. Mean age of presentation was 18.4 years in females and 21.2 years in males. Majority of patients were literate upto primary class, belonging to joint family and had urban background. Duration of symptoms was within 2 weeks. Most common precipitating factor was stress of examination or failure followed by quarrels with peers or spouse. In 20% cases, cause was not known. Comorbid psychiatric disorders were found in 80% cases, the most common being mixed anxiety and depressive disorder (36%) followed by generalized anxiety disorder (20%).
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Socioeconomic Factors
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Comorbidity
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Aphonia
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Incidence
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Prospective Studies
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Risk Factors
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Adolescent
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Incidence study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Med Sci
Year:
2000
Type:
Article
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