Background Understanding the prevalence of schizophrenia has important implications for
both health service planning and risk factor epidemiology. The aims of this review are to …

Background The importance of epidemiological studies lies in recognition of cases that do
not come to treatment settings. The increasing focus on child adolescent mental health in …

A meta-analysis of 13 psychiatric epidemiological studies consisting of 33572 persons in
6550 families yielded an estimate prevalence rate of 58.2 per thousand population. Organic …

Background & objectives: There are limited data on child mental health needs in our country.
Therefore, an epidemiological study to determine the prevalence rates of child and …

The objective of this paper is to provide a systematic review on the epidemiology of
psychiatric disorders in India based on the data published from 1960 to 2009. Extensive …

Substance use patterns are notorious for their ability to change over time. Both licit and illicit
substance use cause serious public health problems and evidence for the same is now …

Of the 70 million persons with epilepsy (PWE) worldwide, nearly 12 million PWE are
expected to reside in India; which contributes to nearly one-sixth of the global burden. This …

BackgroundThe prevalence of psychiatric disorders in rural Punjab is unknown. Previous
studies in rural areas elsewhere in the Indian subcontinent have yielded widely differing …

Objective The authors' goal was to study psychiatric morbidity after a natural disaster in rural
India. Method As members of a volunteer medical team assigned to 23 households in three …

Over 70 prevalence studies of schizophrenia published since 1948 are reviewed. Despite
problems of method, the studies suggest that there may be significant differences in …