INCIDENCE OF DISSOCIATIVE STUPOR AND POSSESSION IN PSYCHIATRY OUTPATIENT

Vineet Kumar Singh, Dinesh Chandra Dua, Pratham Dua, Zeeshan Anwar

Abstract


The present study shows that there is no significant difference in the incidence of Dissociative Stupor and Possession in a psychiatry outpatient population in three consecutive years and its age and gender distribution also remain more or less consistent with a higher incidence rate in females.  


Keywords


Dissociative Disorders, psychiatry, OPD

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