N N Wig
Biographic Data
| ID | 4508710 |
|---|---|
| NAME | N N Wig |
| GIVEN NAMES | N N |
| FAMILY NAME | Wig |
| SIGNATURE | WIG N N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Unwelcome Guests
In a prospective study on psychiatric emergencies in the setting of a general hospital, the phenomenon of repeat-visits was studied. Results confirm that repeaters repre sent a sizeable load on emergency services—about 18% of all psychiatric emergen cies. Females and neurotics are over-represented among the repeaters. Chronic repeaters tend to evoke strong feelings among the emergency physicians thereby decreasing their chances of referral to the…
Determinants of Emergency Room Visits for Psychological Problems in a General Hospital
Determinants of emergency room visits for psychological reasons were studied pro spectively for a four month period in an Indian General Hospital. Psychiatric emergen cies constituted only 2% of all emergency visits. Most of the patients were new except for 7.4% who were already registered with the outpatient services of the psychiatry department. Males outnumbered females in a ratio of 2:1. Self-referrals constituted 77% of the samples; 21 % of …
Stressful life events preceding the acute onset of schizophrenia
Knowledge and attitudes of primary health care personnel concerning mental health problems in developing countries
A semi-structured interview for assessing the knowledge and attitude of health workers concerning mental health problems was applied in seven developing country areas within the context of a World Health Organization coordinated collaborative study. The results indicate a lack of basic mental health training associated with a failure to recognize mental health problems, restricted knowledge concerning psychotropic drug therapy, and an inability t…
Delusion Across Cultures
The delusions of 200 patients attending a general hospital psychiatric clinic in India were studied; the frequencies of the various types were then compared with results reported from other countries. Delusions of bodily control and of poisoning of food occured more frequently in the present sample. Grandiose delusions were more commonly seen in the first-born, while in the last-born, delusions of persecution and of reference were more frequent. …
Conventional Contraceptive Practice Index
Mental disorders in primary health care
SYNOPSIS 1624 patients who were attending primary health facilities in 4 developing countries were examined to determine how many were suffering from mental disorder. Using stringent criteria to establish the presence of psychiatric morbidity, 225 cases were found, indicating an overall frequency of 13·9 %. The great majority of cases were suffering from neurotic illnesses and for most the presenting complaint was of a physical symptom, such as h…
Dhat syndrome
Red cell enzyme polymorphisms in Punjabis in north India
Seven red cell isoenzyme systems were investigated on a sample of 140 Punjabis from Hoshiarpur and Chandigarh, shown to be representative by comparison of their blood group frequencies with other samples from the area. Phenotype and gene frequencies are given for adenosine deaminase, adenylate kinase, acid phosphatase, 6‐phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, phosphoglucomutase locus 1 and 2, lactate dehydrogenase and phosphohexose isomerase. The high f…
Dhat syndrome
Knowledge and attitudes of primary health care personnel concerning mental health problems in developing countries
A semi-structured interview for assessing the knowledge and attitude of health workers concerning mental health problems was applied in seven developing country areas within the context of a World Health Organization coordinated collaborative study. The results indicate a lack of basic mental health training associated with a failure to recognize mental health problems, restricted knowledge concerning psychotropic drug therapy, and an inability t…
Red cell enzyme polymorphisms in Punjabis in north India
Seven red cell isoenzyme systems were investigated on a sample of 140 Punjabis from Hoshiarpur and Chandigarh, shown to be representative by comparison of their blood group frequencies with other samples from the area. Phenotype and gene frequencies are given for adenosine deaminase, adenylate kinase, acid phosphatase, 6‐phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, phosphoglucomutase locus 1 and 2, lactate dehydrogenase and phosphohexose isomerase. The high f…
Dhat syndrome
Mental disorders in primary health care
SYNOPSIS 1624 patients who were attending primary health facilities in 4 developing countries were examined to determine how many were suffering from mental disorder. Using stringent criteria to establish the presence of psychiatric morbidity, 225 cases were found, indicating an overall frequency of 13·9 %. The great majority of cases were suffering from neurotic illnesses and for most the presenting complaint was of a physical symptom, such as h…
Conventional Contraceptive Practice Index
Delusion Across Cultures
The delusions of 200 patients attending a general hospital psychiatric clinic in India were studied; the frequencies of the various types were then compared with results reported from other countries. Delusions of bodily control and of poisoning of food occured more frequently in the present sample. Grandiose delusions were more commonly seen in the first-born, while in the last-born, delusions of persecution and of reference were more frequent. …
Knowledge and attitudes of primary health care personnel concerning mental health problems in developing countries
A semi-structured interview for assessing the knowledge and attitude of health workers concerning mental health problems was applied in seven developing country areas within the context of a World Health Organization coordinated collaborative study. The results indicate a lack of basic mental health training associated with a failure to recognize mental health problems, restricted knowledge concerning psychotropic drug therapy, and an inability t…
Stressful life events preceding the acute onset of schizophrenia
Unwelcome Guests
In a prospective study on psychiatric emergencies in the setting of a general hospital, the phenomenon of repeat-visits was studied. Results confirm that repeaters repre sent a sizeable load on emergency services—about 18% of all psychiatric emergen cies. Females and neurotics are over-represented among the repeaters. Chronic repeaters tend to evoke strong feelings among the emergency physicians thereby decreasing their chances of referral to the…
Determinants of Emergency Room Visits for Psychological Problems in a General Hospital
Determinants of emergency room visits for psychological reasons were studied pro spectively for a four month period in an Indian General Hospital. Psychiatric emergen cies constituted only 2% of all emergency visits. Most of the patients were new except for 7.4% who were already registered with the outpatient services of the psychiatry department. Males outnumbered females in a ratio of 2:1. Self-referrals constituted 77% of the samples; 21 % of …
Medicine (8 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (4 works) · Family medicine (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Developing country (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Medical emergency (2 works) · Mental health (2 works)