Psychosomatic illnesses in patients attending the medical outpatient department in a government hospital.
The incidence of psychosomatic illness among Indian patients has been found to be high. Owing to the stigma attached to psychiatric illnesses, most patients remain reluctant to visit a psychiatrist. The result is an overcrowding in the medicine and other specialist departments. A psychiatry department with consultation-liaison psychiatric service in each government hospital is the need of the day.
Chakraborti
R N
RN
Sri Balaram Seva Mandir Hospital, Khardah.
Chakrabarti
Nandini
N
Chatterjee
Paramartha
P
D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use
D011619:Psychotropic Drugs