A Study of Psychiatric Symptomatalogy in Dengue Patients.

ABSTRACT

Introducation Dengue Fever is an acute febrile infectious caused by dengue virus which is transmitted through mosquito. A fraction of Dengue patients exhibit idengifiable psychiatric symptoms. Aims; The present studywas undertaken with an aim to identify the psychiatric symtoms associated with dengue fever. Material & Methods: The study was carried out in the department of psychiarty, University Collange of medical science (U.C.M.S ) And guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital, a designated tertiary care center for Dengue cases in Delhi. The study period ranged from May 2012 to October 2012. The Study assessed the psychiatric symptomatology in dengue fever and its progression overt the course of dengue. Results During the acute phase, nearly all (90.3%) the patients exhibited thanatophobia. Over 80% of the subjects (most females ) had panic attacks and only less than 15% of these subject needed shor course of anxiolytics. During the recovery phase ( at the end of 1st week ), all the observed psychiatric symptoms decreased both in terms of frequency as well as severity.