Prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among medical in-patients

One hundred patients admitted in medical wards of G. G. S. Medical College, Faridkot, were examined for presence of Psychiatric illness. 31 cases were found to be suffering from some sort of psychiatric illness. Out of 31, 16 patients were found to be suffering from primary affective disorders and physical symptoms in them appeared to be direct consequences of depression. Other psychiatric morbidity was constituted by hysteria (6), organic bran syndrome (5), anxiety neuroses (3) and schizophrenia (l). Psychiatric cases were found to be maximum in age group of 31-60 years and more patients belonged to middle class. Relationship of psychiatric illness with duration and type of medical illness is also discussed.