title: The relevance of clinical autopsies in a psychiatric institute.
abstract: The pattern of psychiatric syndromes/mental illnesses among the 61 clinical autopsies carried out during the past decade in a psychiatric Institute in South India, is documented. Among the cases autopsied, 26.2% had clinical diagnosis of Schizophrenia, 21.3% dementia, 19.67% manic depressive Psychosis, the rest being cases of neurosis, mental retardation, alcoholism and other Psychosis. The importance of an autopsy study in understanding the pathomorphological basis of mental illness is highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Senior Resident Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bangalore - 560 029.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Chandra
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Shankar
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asha
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vythilingam
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Channabasavanna