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The British Journal of Psychiatry (1974) 125: 131-137. doi: 10.1192/bjp.125.2.131
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Study Problems in Ugandan Secondary School Students: A Controlled Evaluation

KLAUS K. MINDE M.D., F.R.C.P.(C.)1

1 Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, Makerere University, Kampala, Kanada; Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X8

The study examines the background of 25 Ugandan secondary school students presenting with moderate to serious symptoms of brain fag to a psychiatric clinic, and compares it with 20 matched control students. It furthermore evaluates the efficacy of group treatment for the problem group.

The results show the problem students to vary from their control peers on a number of background variables. Systemic relaxation of muscle groups improved 70 per cent of the brain fag students, while high doses of anti-depressant and anxiolytic medication had failed to do so.

Submitted on May 21, 1973




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