Inpatients psychiatric morbidity at Pakistan institute of medical sciences [PIMS]

The present study aims to describe the socio-demographic variables and the frequency of different diagnostic categories of the patients admitted in Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences Descriptive study. Psychiatry Department, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad. Data collection was done for six months [July 2000 to January 2001]. 113 consecutively randomized patients were admitted in the psychiatry department at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences. Patients were admitted to psychiatry Department Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, between [July 2000 to January 2001]. Three cases were excluded because of age group under 10, restricting the analysis to 113 cases. Data was collected for the following variables age, sex, duration of admission reason for admission diagnosis and the treatment given during their stay. Of 113 patients, 64 were males and 48 were females between the age group of 11 and 80 years. Data was established with reference to the patients admitted with different psychiatric illnesses, their ages and gender. Our study found a trend toward a higher risk of admission in different psychiatric disease with reference to different age groups and genders

Can cannabis abuse lead to anxiety and depression?

To determine the association of cannabis abuse with depression, anxiety and mixed anxiety depression as well as to establish the psychometric properties of the scale used in the study i.e. Hospital anxiety and depression [HAD] scale. Retrospective study.Different localities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad.40 cannabis patients suffering from cannabis dependence and 40 normal persons were selected from different localities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The Urdu modified version of Hospital anxiety and depression scale [HADS] was used to assess the severity of anxiety and depression in both groups. The mean age of cannabis dependent patients was 29.60 and that of non-addicts 29.33. It shows more depression in cannabis abusers as compared to non cannabis addicts. Addicts have more anxiety as compared to non-addicts. Cannabis addicts have more mixed anxiety depression as compared to non-addicts. The other objective of the study was to establish the Alpha reliability coefficient and item-total correlation of the scale, the findings of which suggest that all the items of the scale are highly consistent. The findings of the study suggest that the cannabis abusers have more depression, anxiety and mixed anxiety depression as compared to non- addicts. Anxiety, depression and mixed anxiety depression in addicts can be due to biological, psychosocial, genetic and neurochemical factors which need to be investigated in future studies