Abstract
The Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry (SLJP) is a peer-reviewed, open access journal published bi annually by the Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists.The Journal publishes original papers, brief reports including case reports and commentaries relevant to psychiatry and allied sciences. The Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry is committed to maintaining and conforming to the editorial and ethical standards recommended by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.Cover: Doorways: When one is ill, having somewhere to stay, where one is looked after, is usually a relief to the patient who is not well and his/her family. The picture shows the doorway to what remains of an ancient hospital in Mihintale, said to date back two millennia. Thilini Rajapakse, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Highlights
Cases were defined as patients with symptoms of morbid jealousy as defined by Cobb, irrespective of their other diagnoses and irrespective of whether morbid jealousy was the main presenting problem or not [1]
All remaining patient records, which were not readmissions, were considered as controls. Patient records of both cases and controls were perused for past experiences of being cheated-on by previous partners and childhood experience of parents having or being accused of having extramarital relationships
The findings of this study suggest that morbid jealousy is a common finding among psychiatric inpatients
Summary
This was a retrospective case control study, based on case notes of all the patients admitted to the Psychiatry Unit of Colombo North Teaching Hospital over a 14month period, between January 2014 and February 2015. Of the 3315 admissions during this period, 2797 records were included in the study, since patient records were not available for the remainder. A further 89 records were excluded as these were re-admissions within one week
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