Co-morbidity of depression in schitzophrenia and mania

Pages: 229-232
Sudhinta Sinha (Department of Psychology, S.S.L.N.T College, Dhanbad, Jharkhand)

This study investigated the co-morbidity of depression in Schizophrenics and manics admitted as in-patient department of Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi and who met the RDC criteria. Total sample of 90 viz. 30 Schizophrenics, 30 manics and 30 normals were selected on the basis of purposive sampling. Each of the patients and normals was given specially designed proforma- Personal Date Sheet and Beck Depression Inventory. The result showed that the Schizophrenics had higher degree of depression than the manic and normal and, further manic had higher degree of depression than the normal. In socio-demographic variables except marital status there was no significant difference between different socio-demographic variables and scores on Beck Depression Inventory.