Volume 8, No 2, July 2018

Psychiatric Morbidity and Socio-Demographic Pattern Among The Patient Attending Outpatient Psychiatric Department of North East Medical College Hospital

Siddhartha PaulMadhusudan SahaNandita PaulAklima Akter Hely
By Siddhartha Paul Madhusudan Saha Nandita Paul Aklima Akter Hely
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Siddhartha Paul1, Madhusudan Saha2, Nandita Paul3, Aklima Akter Hely4
1. Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, North East Medical College, Sylhet
2. Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, North East Medical College, Sylhet
3. Dermatologist, Sylhet
4. Medical Officer, Department of Psychiatry, North East Medical College, Sylhet
Abstract
Psychiatric morbidity is increasing day by day. To find out the psychiatric morbidity and socio-demographic pattern, present study was carried out in the Psychiatry outpatient department of North East Medical College Hospital. 175 patients were included in this study, among them 127 were female. Most of the patients were married and came from rural areas. Anxiety disorder (20.5%) was the commonest diagnosis, which was followed by Migraine (18.3%), Schizophrenia (14.3%) and BMD (12.3%).
Key Words: Psychiatric morbidity.

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By Siddhartha Paul
Assistant Professor, Dept of Psychiatry, NEMC, Sylhet
By Madhusudan Saha
Associate Professor, Dept. of Gastroenterology. NEMC, Sylhet
By Nandita Paul
Registrar, Department of Dermatology, NEMC, Sylhet
By Aklima Akter Hely
Medical Officer, Department of Psychiatry, North East Medical College, Sylhet.
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