Severity of common mental disorders in geriatric patients of rural hospital of Sewagram.

Volume : VII, Issue : X, October - 2018

Dr. Tiple Prashant Gokul, Dr. A . P. Jain

Background – Geriatric patients suffer from many physical disorders but no research work has

been done regarding severity of psychiatric disorders amongst geriatric patients having medical

disorders.

Objective – The aims of this study were to know types and severity of mental disorders in

geriatric patients .

Method – The DSM IV –TR criterion were used for diagnosis . For assessment of severity of

common mental disorders following scales likes GDS, HAM–A, PANSS, YMRS, Y– BOCS,

and BLS– D were used.

Results – In group A, paranoid schizophrenia was the commonest mental disorder and

majority of them have moderate severity.

In group B depressive type of mood disorder due to general medical conditions was the

commonest mental disorder and majority of patients had moderate severity. The study further

shows that geriatric patients with physical disorder were more depressed than those

geropsychiatric patients who had only depressive disorders.

Interpretations and conclusions– The study shows that geriatric patients with physical

disorders were more at risk of consequences of depression like self harm or suicide .