Anurag Jhanjee, Pankaj Kumar, Ms Bhatia, Shruti Srivastava.
Dhat syndrome and co-morbid disorders: a cross-sectional study.
J Pak Psych Soc Jan ;10(2):99-102.

Objective: To analyse the phenomenology and comorbidity of Dhat syndrome. Design: Cross-sectional study. Subjects and Methods: A total of 50 male patients attending psychosexual clinic of a tertiary care hospital in Delhi was performed. Data comprised of 40 patients of Dhat syndrome with or without impotence or premature ejaculation, six with premature ejaculation only, and four were suffering from only impotence. Results: The commonest associated psychiatric illness was mixed anxiety and depressive disorder (40.0 %) followed by generalized anxiety disorder (20.0%), while 24 % did not receive a psychiatric diagnosis. The commonest associated medical illness was urinary tract infections (UTI) which affected 24 % of study subjects followed by sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) which occurred in 10 % of the subjects. The common presenting symptoms of Dhat syndrome were weakness (78%), fatigue (71%), palpitations (66%), and sleeplessness (64%). Conclusions: Dhat syndrome is commonly associated with mixed anxiety and depressive disorder and urinary tract infections (UTI) in terms of psychiatric and medical illness respectively. Dhat syndrome commonly presents with weakness, fatigue, palpitations and sleeplessness.

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