Psychiatric morbidity at secondary level health facility in Ballabgarh, Haryana

There is dearth of information about psychiatric morbidity at secondary level health facility in India.

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

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

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.

Descriptive analysis of data was carried out.

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.

Substantial burden of psychiatry morbidity highlights necessity of psychiatry clinic at secondary care hospital in India.