Psychiatric morbidity at secondary level health facility in Ballabgarh, Haryana.
BACKGROUND
There is dearth of information about psychiatric morbidity at secondary level health facility in India.


OBJECTIVE
To study psychiatric morbidity amongst patients attending psychiatry clinic in secondary level health facility.


METHODS
Present study is based on hospital record review of psychiatry clinic at secondary care hospital in Ballabgarh, Haryana.


METHODS
Service record of psychiatry clinic at civil hospital Ballabgarh was reviewed. Diagnosis of psychiatric morbidity was done according to DSM IV and ICD 10 classification.


METHODS
Descriptive analysis of data was carried out.


RESULTS
A total of 724 (0.7%) new OPD patients consulted psychiatry clinic. Common Mental Disorders comprising of mood disorders, neurotic stress -related and somatoform disorders were the most commonly diagnosed disorders (60.5%) amongst reported psychiatric morbidity in the hospital.


CONCLUSIONS
Substantial burden of psychiatry morbidity highlights necessity of psychiatry clinic at secondary care hospital in India.
Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Harshal
H
Salve
Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Pradip
P
Kharya
Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Puneet
P
Misra
Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Sanjay K
SK
Rai
Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Shashi
S
Kant
India; psychiatry morbidity; secondary level health facility