Socio-Cultural and Clinical Determinants of Symptomatology in Obsessional Neurosis

Salman Akhtar, Vijoy K. Varma, Dwarka Pershad and S.K. Verma
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Salman Akhtar: Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Vijoy K. Varma: Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Dwarka Pershad: Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
S.K. Verma: Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 1978, vol. 24, issue 3, 157-162

Abstract: Eighty-two obsessional neurotics were studied from a phenomenological view point ir order to unmask the clinical and socio-cultural determinants of symptom- choice in this disorder. The form of obsessions and compulsions seemed to be affected primarily by intrinsic factors (age, sex, I.Q.) while their content was affected equally, if not more, by extrinsic factors (religion, locality, social class). Patient's age at the onset of illness seemed to be an extremely relevant factor inso far as it affected both the form and the content of symptoms. Some socio-cultural explanations have been offered these findings. The data is important insofar as it provides a baseline for cross-cultural studies of the phenomenology of obsessional illness.

Date: 1978
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