title: Community Based Survey on Psychiatric Morbidity in Eastern Nepal.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Mental health problem is common and ubiquitous. Mental illness cuts across all sections of society, irrespective of socio-economic status. Recent international survey showed a varying prevalence rates ranged (4.7%- 12.0%). The Community study in Nepal yielded prevalence rate of mental illness at 14.0%.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a descriptive, epidemiologic study with systematic randomization sampling.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 911 respondents majority was married (76.1%), of age group 20-59 yrs. Overall, 113 (12.4%) respondents had at least one psychiatric disorder and the commonest were: Depression, Anxiety disorders, Alcohol use disorders with 1.9% had seizure/epilepsy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Community prevalence rate of some common psychiatric disorders is high which calls for special attention to address depressive and alcohol related disorder from all quarters of society particularly from government.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Shyangwa
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Shakya
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal.
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Adhikari
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sapkota
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D009390:Nepal / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: community survey; mental illness; psychiatric morbidity.