Clients getting registered
at KPH reception

Spiritual therapy session
for admitted clients

A therapist counseling
a client

A counseling session
with a client

Client purchasing medicines
at KPH pharmacy

Admitted client reading newspaper in his room in the Private ward at KPH

Admitted Client playing carom board
with hospital staff

Snapshot of workshop on addiction
conducted in KPH seminar hall

A view of audience during the workshop
on addiction conducted in KPH seminar hall

A therapist conducting activities during the workshop on addiction conducted in KPH seminar hall

A therapist conducting group activity
during workshop conducted in KPH seminar hall


Research

THE DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF MENTALLY
ILL PATIENTS IN KARACHI, PAKISTAN

By: Dr.Syed Mubin Akhtar
Karachi Psychiatric Hospital - Karachi, Pakistan


Introduction
  • Scientific & Systematic data: availabe worldwide

  • WHO Statistic & Year of mental health-2001: highlight`s significance

  • 1 % of all dealth & 11 % of global diseases burden-mental illness (World Health Report-2001)

  • Demographic profile & morbidty pattern: well establised worldwide

Introduction: (World Statistics) Salient features:
  • Depression-340 million

  • Schizophrenia-45 million

  • Epilepsy-45 million

  • Females > Males

  • 15-44 year group > Other

  • Single, widowed, divorced > Married (Ref: World Health Report-2001)

Methodology
  • Retrospective case file / record analysis

  • Place-Karachi Psychiatric Hospital

  • Duration-From year 1981-2000

  • Total-case files / records-40,000

  • Selection-Random, every third file / record

  • Sample-13, 333
  • Data collection sheet-used to sort the data

Aims & Objectives
  • To identify the demographic characteristics of mentally ill in the local context

  • To compare the local pattern with elsewhere

  • To raise the need of having a better understanding of mental illnesses in local context for effective mental health care planning

Data analysis: Morbidity pattern
S.No Major diagnosis Frequency %
1. Depression 26.2
  * Episode 14.5
  * Recurrent 11.7
2. Schizophrenia 15
  * Paranoid 8.9
  * Others 1.1
  * Chronic 5
3. Bipolar affective disorders 13
  * Hypomania 4.5
  * Mania 8.5
4. Acute psychotic disorders 4.3
5. Anxiety disorders 5
6. OCD 4.3
7. Conversion disorders 1.6
8. Organic disorders 2.9
9. Seizure disorder 5.9
10. Substance dependence 1.3
11. Sexual dysfunction's 13.1
12. M.R. with beha. Dis. 4.5
13. Others 4

Discussion
Regarding morbidity pattern

  • Depression is the most prevalent disorder


  • Followed by Schizophrenia, Bipolar affective disorder (Mania & Hypomania)

  • A great proportion in this study is of psychosexual dysfunctions