Open AccessClinical profile of patients seeking services at urban community psychiatric services in Chandigarh
Author(s) -
Suravi Patra,
BS Chavan,
Nitin Gupta,
Ajeet Sidana
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.196729
Subject(s) - dispensary , medicine , mental health , outreach , population , context (archaeology) , demographic profile , family medicine , descriptive statistics , psychiatry , environmental health , geography , political science , law , statistics , mathematics , archaeology
About two-third of patients with mental, neurological, and substance use disorder in India do not get adequate treatment due to insufficient clinical facilities. In a country with diverse population such as India, no single model can be effective and each region needs to develop local system of service delivery unique to population needs. Community outreach clinics (COCs) being run by the department of psychiatry provide mental health services in the primary health-care setting. The study reports on the pattern of service utilization across different COCs in Chandigarh.