socio-demographic study of new referrals to the psychiatric out-patient clinic in Qatar

ABSTRACT

A Socio-demographic analysis of 438 new referrals seen at the Psychiatric Out-Patient Clinic at Doha, Qatar, during a period of six months showed that the rate of first consultation was 4.6/1000/year for general population, 6.6 for Qataris and 2.6 for non Qataris. Majority of patients were married males in age group 25-39. More than half of the patients were suffering from depressive and anxiety disorders. 75 of patients studied were admitted to the psychiatric in-patient unit during the same period