Pattern of mental disorders at psychiatric hospital : a retrospective study of the outpatient

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Objective: To evaluate the pattern of mental disorders in Bahrain.

Design: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study.

Setting: Out-patient Department, Psychiatric Hospital, Ministry of Health, Bahrain.

Method: Three hundred twenty-nine patients were included in the study from March to September 2013.

The inclusion criteria were 18-65 years and those who had first contact with the psychiatric hospital.

Patients with a known history of substance abuse were excluded.

Result: Eighteen cases were not diagnosed to have any psychiatric illnesses.

The majority of the patients suffered from depression 104 (33.4%), anxiety disorders 62 (19.9%), and psychotic disorders 46 (14.8%).

Conclusion: Those at risk of developing mental illness were females, adolescents and those with poor education and income.

Future studies should include in-patient admissions as well as other hospitals in Bahrain.