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. 1997 Oct-Dec;39(4):318–323.

PSYCHIATRIC SEQUELAE OF AMPUTATION : II LONG TERM EFFECTS

JK Trivedi *,*, CP Mall 1, US Mishra 2, VP Sharma 3, PK Dalal 5, M Katiyar 6, Shrikant Srivastava 7, PK Sinha 8
PMCID: PMC2967166  PMID: 21584100

Abstract

Psychiatric sequelae present after 6 months to 2 years following amputation were studied in a group of 25 subjects. The subjects were screened on SCID, HRSD and HARS. The most common diagnoses were depressive disorder NOS (20.6%) and major depressive disorder (10.3%). Patients having right sided amputation were more psychiatrically ill than those with loss of a left limb. Phantom limb was seen in about two-thirds of the total sample-more in the sick group (about 88%) than in the non-sick group (about 55%). Pain in the phantom limb was seen more in the sick group, but telescopy and movement were more frequently complained of by subjects of the non-sick group.

Keywords: Amputation, late psychiatric aspects, phantom limb

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