District Mental Health Programme in India: A study of sociodemographic and clinical data of patients attending DMHP Dumka (Jharkhand)

Dr Subhas Soren; Dr Surjit Prasad; Dr Mahesh Hembram; Dr. Ajay Kumar Bakhla

Volume : VI, Issue : VI, June - 2017

District Mental Health Programme in India: A study of sociodemographic and clinical data of patients attending DMHP Dumka (Jharkhand)

Dr Subhas Soren, Dr Surjit Prasad, Dr Mahesh Hembram, Dr. Ajay Kumar Bakhla

Abstract :

Aims: To study the socio–demographic and clinical profiles of all cases seen during 2007 to 2012 at District Mental Health Program, Dumka, Jharkhand. Materials and Methods: This is a reterospective chart review of complete data of 6 years at DMHP Dumka. Results: During the study period, 4578 males (61.5%) and 1832females (38.5%) utilized the psychiatric facilities provided under DMHP. majority of the patients were belonging to age group of 18–24 years, (32.4% males and 23.2% females). Sample consisted 31 % male and 51% female illiterate patients. Most of the patients (over 60%) reported for treatment with duration of illness from 6 months to 5 years and 80% of patients without any prior treatment. Affective psychosis remained the most common (31.1 % and 33.2% for male and female respectively) diagnostic category for this sample. Conclusions: The present study offers socio–demographic and clinical profiles of major mental disorders at DMHP, Dumka, Jharkhand.