Author: Tana Nilchaikovit, M.D. Chakkrit Sukying, M.D. Chatchawan Silpakit, M.D.
Year: 1996
Source: Journal of The Psychiatric Association of Thailand, Vol. 41 No.3 July-September 1996, P 191-202
The associations of demographic characteristics and psychosocial factors with psychiatric illness were assessed in a random sample of 826 adults in Nonchok district, Bangkok, Thailand. Multi logistic regression analyses showed that psychiatric illness was correlated most strongly with income, family relationship and serious illness in family members. The group with no income or income less than 2,000 bath per month were 3.67 times more likely to have psychiatric illness, while the group with dis...