Remisyon Dönemindeki Mani Hastalarında Yetiyitimi Düzeyi
Çağatay Karşıdağ, Şafak Taktak, Nihat Alpay
Article No:
3
Article Type :
Research
The aim of this study was to investigate the functioning level of the patiens with mania in remission. There were 76 patient with mania (41 women and 35 men) who had admitted the Bakırköy Mental and Norologic Disease Hospital between February-July 2000 recruited in this study. Cases functioning level were assesed with General Assessment of Functioning chapter in Disability Assessment Schedule. 25 % of patients' level in 70-79, 11.8 % of patients' level in 50-59, 6.6 % of patients' level in 30-49. According to the result from General Assessment chapter of the same schedule, only 41.2 % of patients had shown perfect functioning. In conclusion, we found that quiet amount of patients with mania in remission had faced which sometimes reached severe levels.
Keywords :
Mania, mood disorders, disability, Disability Assessment Schedule (DAS)
Dusunen Adam : The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences :
2000;13:211-216
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