Current Scenario of Psychiatric Diagnosis in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital.
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2012-04
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Background: There is a need to evaluate the pattern of current psychiatric diagnosis in our
country with the emergence of DSM-5 and ICD-11. Methods: All consecutive cases visiting a
tertiary care teaching hospital in the age group of 10-80 years during November 2011 to February
2012 were recruited for the purpose of the study. Psychiatric diagnosis was made by qualified
psychiatrists using semi-structured Performa as per ICD-10 Criteria. Analysis of data was
done by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: Out of 1000 patients, 54.5 % patients
are in the age group of 20-40 years with male to female ratio of 3:2 and married to unmarried
ratio of 4:3. 18% patients suffered from psychosis, 6.8 % substance dependence, 3.6 % organic
disorders, 12.6 % depression, 20.8 % anxiety disorders, 9.1 % bipolar disorder, 13.9 % psychosexual
disorders, neurological disorders 4.6 %, and 9.2% having other psychiatric diagnosis.
Conclusions: There is a need to evaluate patients visiting every psychiatric outpatient’s clinic
so that changing trends in psychiatric problems, co-morbidities, prescribing patterns in view of
the current diagnostic systems and treatment guidelines can be updated with special reference
to Indian population.
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Psychiatric diagnosis, co-morbidity
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Srivastava Shruti, Bhatia Manjeet Singh, Jhanjee Anurag, Rathi Anubhav, Chhaparia Anuj, Nand Abhinesh. Current Scenario of Psychiatric Diagnosis in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital. Delhi Psychiatry journal. 2012 Apr; 15 (1): 107-110.