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Homœopathic Links 2021; 34(02): 106-111
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1731701
Original Article

Demographic and Clinical Profile of Psychiatry Patients of Rural Homoeopathic Hospital, Palghar, Maharashtra, India, from 2014 to 2018

Sunita Nikumbh 
1   Department of Psychiatry, Dr. M. L. Dhawale Memorial Homoeopathic Institute, Palghar, Maharashtra, India
,
Abhishek Kukde
1   Department of Psychiatry, Dr. M. L. Dhawale Memorial Homoeopathic Institute, Palghar, Maharashtra, India
,
Manoj Patel
1   Department of Psychiatry, Dr. M. L. Dhawale Memorial Homoeopathic Institute, Palghar, Maharashtra, India
,
Bhavik Parekh 
2   Department of Materia Medica, Dr. M. L. Dhawale Memorial Homoeopathic Institute, Palghar, Maharashtra, India
,
Anoop Nigwekar 
3   Department of Repertory, Dr. M. L. Dhawale Memorial Homoeopathic Institute, Palghar, Maharashtra, India
,
Renu Mittal
4   Scientist-III, CCRH, New Delhi, India
,
Kumar Dhawale 
5   Department of Psychiatry, Rural Homoeopathic Hospital, Palghar, Maharashtra, India
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Abstract

Background Rural Homoeopathic Hospital has been serving the community in and around Palghar for the past 20 years. Through a Central Government Scheme of Centre of Excellence, it received funds for setting up an inpatient psychiatric unit in 2012 whereby it could serve the wider community by admitting the patients with mental illness in a secure ward. This is the first part of two papers which deals with demographic analysis of the patients admitted in the psychiatry ward between 2014 and 2018.

Objectives The case records were studied with a view to determine the demographic features, the clinical diagnosis and the duration of stay.

Methodology All case records were studied as per a predetermined format to establish the demographic features, the clinical diagnosis and the duration of stay in the ward.

Results Out of 1,015 patients seen, 35% were having alcohol withdrawal, 12.7% were having conversion, 9.8% were having suicidal attempt and 9.7% were suffering from anxiety. The duration of stay in the hospital was noticeably shorter than what has been reported from the allopathic admissions.

Conclusion Alcoholism followed by conversion disorders, suicidal attempts and anxiety-panic conditions was the most common psychiatric condition with which patients were admitted. Males were predominating mainly due to their alcoholic condition. The duration of stay was reasonably short. The reasons for this would need further exploration.

Keywords

psychiatry inpatient - homoeopathic treatment - rural area - demographic profile - clinical profile


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