PREVALENCE AND PATTERN OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN URBAN POPULATION OF INDORE CITY

Dr. Ashutosh Singh Bhatele; Dr. Naresh Solanki

Volume : VII, Issue : III, March - 2018

PREVALENCE AND PATTERN OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN URBAN POPULATION OF INDORE CITY

Dr. Ashutosh Singh Bhatele, Dr. Naresh Solanki

Abstract :

Background:

This study aims to estimate the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and study their association with various socioeconomic variables. This study include door to door sampling methods and also included a large population compared to previous study.

Materials and Methods:

This was a cross–sectional study of the urban population residing in Indore was carried out (n = 2512). MINI kid or MINI plus were administered to all subjects according to the age group. Results:

It was found that 25.6% of the subjects were suffering from one or more diagnosable psychiatric disorder. Prevalence of substance use disorders was found to be 14.1% and 2.4% for depressive disorders. Conclusion:

Our study is among the very few epidemiological studies with respect to methodological design which evaluates each subject with detailed administration of MINI. It concluded that one among four were suffering from a psychiatric disorder.