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A Study on Mental Disorders: 5-year Retrospective Study

BACKGROUND: “Mental disorder” is the most common used term in the modern life and the main reason behind this may be the mechanical way of life or stress and strain among youth. AIM: To find the pattern of mental disorders of hospitalized patients in a medical college hospital from 1(st) April 2005...

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Autores principales: Celine, Thalappillil Mathew, Antony, Jimmy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4005192/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24791229
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.130260
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description BACKGROUND: “Mental disorder” is the most common used term in the modern life and the main reason behind this may be the mechanical way of life or stress and strain among youth. AIM: To find the pattern of mental disorders of hospitalized patients in a medical college hospital from 1(st) April 2005 to 31(st) March 2010. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: A retrospective study conducted among the patients admitted with mental disorders in a medical college hospital from 1(st) April 2005 to 31(st) March 2010. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data collected from the registers maintained in the medical records department. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: Z test is used for the comparison of proportions. RESULTS: A total of 7908 mental disorder cases reported in the medical college hospital, 5564 (70.36%) were males and 2344 (29.64%) were females. Most cases occurred in the age group of 30-44 years. Mental disorder was more among females than males in 0-29 years and ≥ 60 years, but in 30-59 years males were more. In each year, mental disorders were reported more in males than females. Of the cases, most of them were mood disorders. Mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use were more among males but schizophrenia, delusional disorders, mood disorders, stress-related disorders, mental retardation, and so on were more among females. CONCLUSION: Mood disorder was the most occurred mental disorder and the next leading mental disorder was mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use. Counseling can be helpful for preventing most of the mental disorders. Improve the mental health care facilities will be the solution for controlling the mental disorders.
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spelling pubmed-40051922014-05-01 A Study on Mental Disorders: 5-year Retrospective Study Celine, Thalappillil Mathew Antony, Jimmy J Family Med Prim Care Original Article BACKGROUND: “Mental disorder” is the most common used term in the modern life and the main reason behind this may be the mechanical way of life or stress and strain among youth. AIM: To find the pattern of mental disorders of hospitalized patients in a medical college hospital from 1(st) April 2005 to 31(st) March 2010. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: A retrospective study conducted among the patients admitted with mental disorders in a medical college hospital from 1(st) April 2005 to 31(st) March 2010. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data collected from the registers maintained in the medical records department. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: Z test is used for the comparison of proportions. RESULTS: A total of 7908 mental disorder cases reported in the medical college hospital, 5564 (70.36%) were males and 2344 (29.64%) were females. Most cases occurred in the age group of 30-44 years. Mental disorder was more among females than males in 0-29 years and ≥ 60 years, but in 30-59 years males were more. In each year, mental disorders were reported more in males than females. Of the cases, most of them were mood disorders. Mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use were more among males but schizophrenia, delusional disorders, mood disorders, stress-related disorders, mental retardation, and so on were more among females. CONCLUSION: Mood disorder was the most occurred mental disorder and the next leading mental disorder was mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use. Counseling can be helpful for preventing most of the mental disorders. Improve the mental health care facilities will be the solution for controlling the mental disorders. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4005192/ /pubmed/24791229 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.130260 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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