DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2019.v07i08.021

Pages: 2730-2734

The various psychotic states studied in India occur in a variety of socio cultural settings and have several important features in common, viz, acute onset usually precipitated by stressful events, a florid and rather variable clinical picture, short duration and marked tendency to recover with or without treatment. The objective of the study was to study the prevalence of Acute and Transient Psychotic Disorder by analyzing the sociodemographic profile of the patients in Udaipur region. The present study was an observational clinical study of 100 cases of first episode psychosis, who were consecutive admissions at Department of Psychiatry, M.B. Hospital, R.N.T. Medical College, Udaipur and fulfilled the mentioned inclusion as well as exclusion criteria. The type of sampling adopted was purposive sampling which was primarily based on the samples collected on availability basis. Specially designed screening instrument and Sociodemographic and clinical profile sheet was administered on the patients. Descriptive statistics such as percentage was calculated for the present research work. It was found that The Majority of the patients were found to be between age range of 15-25 years, were married, were educated up to primary standard, came under the occupational category of cultivators and laborers, fell in the income group earning 3000-5000, belonged to rural background. The mean age at onset of psychosis was 30.88 years for females and 28.58 years for males. 15.45 days was the duration of illness before seeking help. The findings of the study have important implications for developing and applying psychoeducational modules in routine clinical practice for ensuring adherence to treatment and better treatment outcomes.