title: Suttur study: An epidemiological study of psychiatric disorders in south Indian rural population.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Based on review of literature World Health Organization (WHO) Global Burden of Disease Study has estimated that psychiatric disorders are among the most burdensome, around the globe and has suggested general population surveys for future research. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and study their association with various socioeconomic variables.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was an exploratory study where a door-to-door survey of the entire population residing in a South Indian village was done (n = 3033). Mini international neuropsychiatric interview kid (MINI) or MINI plus were administered to all the subjects according to the age group.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It was found that 24.40% of the subjects were suffering from one or more diagnosable psychiatric disorder. Prevalence of depressive disorders was found to be 14.82% and of anxiety disorders was 4%. Alcohol dependence syndrome was diagnosed in 3.95% of the population. Prevalence of dementia in subjects above 60 years was found to be 10%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our study is among the very few epidemiological studies with respect to methodological design which does not use screening questionnaires and evaluates each subject with detailed administration of MINI. It concluded that one among four were suffering from a psychiatric disorder. Improving the training of undergraduate medical and nursing students is likely to play a significant role in addressing the increasing psychiatric morbidities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, JSS Medical College, JSS University, Mysore, India.
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Sathyanarayana Rao
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, JSS Medical College, JSS University, Mysore, India.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Darshan
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, JSS Medical College, JSS University, Mysore, India.
authors.forename: Abhinav
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tandon
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, JSS Medical College, JSS University, Mysore, India.
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Raman
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, JSS Medical College, JSS University, Mysore, India.
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Karthik
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, JSS Medical College, JSS University, Mysore, India.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saraswathi
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, JSS Medical College, JSS University, Mysore, India.
authors.forename: Keya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, JSS Medical College, JSS University, Mysore, India.
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Harsha
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, JSS Medical College, JSS University, Mysore, India.
authors.forename: V S T
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Krishna
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, JSS Medical College, JSS University, Mysore, India.
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Ashok
keywords: India; Prevalence of psychiatric disorders; age; alcohol consumption and depression; chronic medical disorders; epidemiology and epidemiological study