The GCBT we used in the present study was unique in that patients with mood disorders and those with
neurotic disorders received a course of GCBT together as a group, instead of being divided into different groups by type of disorders.
Table 11 Female Sentenced Prisoners Ordinarily Resident Oversease: Psychiatric Diagnoses Diagnosis n %
Neurotic disorders 10 28 neurosis (6) (17) adjustment reaction (4) (11) Drug dependence/abuse 1 3 No diagnosis 25 69 Total 36 100 Although the ram of
neurotic disorder is higher than in UK resident women, the odds ratio of 2.1, with a 95 per cent c.i.
New treatments, research, and practice guidelines on borderline personality disorder have changed BPD's image from a difficult-to- treat
neurotic disorder to one in which patients can be helped with professional and family support.
About 40 per cent of sentenced male prisoners and 63 per cent of sentenced female prisoners show signs of at least one
neurotic disorder, according to the mental health charity SANE
Nineteen per cent of women were found to have a
neurotic disorder compared to fewer than 14 per cent of men.
Two-thirds of women inmates have a
neurotic disorder, such as depression, compared with a fifth of the general population, and 14pc suffer from severe mental illness compared with the general figure of less than 1pc.
The Prison Reform Trust said two-thirds of women inmates have a
neurotic disorder, compared with a fifth of the general population, and 14percent suffer from severe mental illness, compared with the general figure of less than 1percent.
However, in the developed countries, conversion reaction is no longer a common
neurotic disorder and is very rarely encountered in its classic form.
Two-thirds of women inmates have a
neurotic disorder such as depression, compared with a fifth of the general population, and 14 per cent suffer from severe mental illness compared with the general figure of less than one per cent, the group said.
ONE in six people in the UK suffer from a
neurotic disorder, a survey has revealed.
It was 2.19 times higher for depression, 2.62 times higher for somatoform disorders (mental illnesses that cause bodily symptoms with no discernible cause), 2.66 times higher for
neurotic disorders, 2.58 times higher for nonorganic sleep disorders, and 2.92 times higher for anxiety.