The prevalence of common mental disorders among inpatient Thai Army Personnel.

BACKGROUND

The purpose of the present study was to determine the prevalence of common mental disorders among Thai Army personnel who attended the inpatient psychiatric ward, Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Phramongkutklao hospital in 2007.

MATERIAL AND METHOD: The author retrospectively reviewed and analyzed all inpatient medical records in 2007 of Thai Army Personnel who received treatment at the inpatient psychiatric ward, Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Phramongkutklao hospital from January 2007 to December 2007.

RESULTS

There were 213 Thai Army Personnel medical records recruited in the present study. From the records, 207 were from male patients and 6 were from females. The most common age range was 41-50 years (38.5%). The prevalence of the first ten rank of mental disorders among Thai Army personnel were alcohol dependence (39.9%), schizophrenia (28.6%), bipolar disorder (9.4%), amphetamine dependence (5.2%), adjustment disorder (4.7%), major depressive disorder (3.3%), personality disorder (2.3%), dementia (1.9%), dysthymia (0.9%) schizoaffective disorder (0.9%), delusional disorder (0.9%), anxiety disorder (0.5%) and polysubstance dependence (0.5%).

CONCLUSION

The three common prevalence of mental disorders among inpatient psychiatric Thai Army personnel in the year 2007 were alcohol dependence, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.