Feelings about Christmas, as reported by psychiatric emergency patients

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Published: Jun 1, 1999
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.1999.27.3.303
Issue: Volume 27, 1999, Issue 3
Keywords:
feelings about Christmas, psychiatric patients, common stressors

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Varadaraj Velamoor
London Health Sciences Centre
Lakshmi Voruganti
London Health Sciences Centre
Neelesh Nadkarni
University of Western Ontario
Cite this article:  Velamoor, V., Voruganti, L., & Nadkarni, N. (1999). Feelings about Christmas, as reported by psychiatric emergency patients. Social Behavior and Personality: An international journal, 27(3), 303-308.


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Data from 55 psychiatric emergency patients between December 1 and January 13 indicate that the most common stressors reported by the patients during the Christmas season were loneliness (40.0%) and being without a family (38.2%). When asked how they feel about Christmas, most patients in this group reported negative feelings.


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