Epidemiology of Psychiatric Disorder in Priest Hospital in 2003-2007
Jutamas Kosiyakul MD*
Affiliation : * Department of Psychiatry, Priest Hospital
Objective : Because of priests act as the leader and are the spiritual center to community therefore the good
mental health in priests is a significant factor to improve good mental health in community
Material and Method: The author conducted the retrospective study in Department of Psychiatry, Priest
Hospital the data was collected from the chart of outpatients and inpatients between October 2003 and
September 2007, using standard criteria according to WHO’s DSM IV and ICD 10.
Results : There were 378,982 outpatients and 11,498 psychiatric cases received treatment. The mean age was
47.5 years. There were anxiety disorders 45.38%, schizophrenia 15.28%, depressive episodes 13.43%, adjust-
ment disorders 10.27%, unspecified dementia 3.44%, somatoform disorders 2.46%, persistent delusional
disorder 2% and other psychiatric disorders. 45% of the patients come from temples in Bangkok Metropolitan
area, and the rest came from rural area. Most of the priests had graduated from primary and secondary school
or higher.
Conclusion : This is a preliminary study that shows the incidence of mental disease and demographic data for
future planning of management, prevention and rehabilitation of mental illness the most effective benefit for
priest-novice in the future.
Keywords : Anxiety disorders, Schizophrenia, Depressive episodes, Reaction to severe stress, Adjustment disorders, priests
