Comparison of maternal stress and psychiatric morbidity among mothers of children having psychiatric disorders and those of typically developing children.

Introduction: Motherhood is regarded to be stressful, but when the child has a psychiatric illness, the mother is affected more than the father since she is the primary caregiver. She gets affected not only emotionally but also psychologically. Increasing severity of stress in mothers may lead to negative outcome on a child's care.

Prevalence of depressive disorders among head-and-neck cancer patients: A hospital-based, cross-sectional study.

Background: Head-and-neck cancers (HNCs) are associated with significant psychosocial challenges at all stages of illness, which influence the course and outcome of cancer. We aimed to assess the prevalence of depressive disorders among patients with HNC and its sociodemographic and clinical determinants.

Materials And Methods: It was a cross-sectional study conducted in the department of oncology of a medical college hospital from South India.