Former Professor & Head, Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, Delhi.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2000 Jan;42(1):14-20.
Fifteen epidemiological studies on psychiatric morbidity in India have been analysed. National all-India prevalence rates for 'all mental disorders' and five specific disorders have been worked out The national prevalence rates for 'all mental disorders' arrived at are 70.5 (rural), 73 (urban) and 73 (rural + urban) per 1000 population. Prevalence of schizophrenia is 2.5/1000 and this seems to be the only disorder whose prevalence is consistent across cultures and over time. Rates for depression, anxiety neurosis, hysteria and mental retardation are provided. Urban morbidity in India is 3.5 percent higher than the rural rate, but rural-urban differences are not consistent for different disease categories. In Hindi speaking north India, mental morbidity amongst factory workers is two and half times that of the non-industrial urban inhabitants and five times the rural morbidity. The present data are expected to serve as baseline rates for mental health planners and for psychiatrists interested in epidemiological studies.
对 15 项印度精神病发病率的流行病学研究进行了分析。计算出了全国性的“所有精神障碍”和五种特定疾病的发病率。得出的全国“所有精神障碍”的发病率分别为每 1000 人中有 70.5（农村）、73（城市）和 73（农村+城市）。精神分裂症的发病率为 2.5/1000，这似乎是唯一一种在不同文化和不同时间都保持一致的发病率的疾病。同时还提供了抑郁症、焦虑性神经症、歇斯底里和智力迟钝的发病率。印度城市的发病率比农村高 3.5%，但不同疾病类别的城乡差异并不一致。在讲北印度语的印度北部，工厂工人的精神发病率是城市非工业居民的两倍半，是农村发病率的五倍。这些现有数据有望成为精神卫生规划者和对流行病学研究感兴趣的精神病学家的基准数据。
