title: Psychosomatic illnesses in patients attending the medical outpatient department in a government hospital.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Sri Balaram Seva Mandir Hospital, Khardah.
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Chakraborti
authors.forename: Nandini
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chakrabarti
authors.forename: Paramartha
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs