Table 4.

Modest estimate of the mental health morbidity

Mental Disorders	Prevalence/1000	%	Total population in crores*	Mental morbidity in lakhs
Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders (including organic)	5-10	1	108	108
Mood disorders	15-30	3		324
Cannabis users	5-10	1		108
Opiate users	1-3	0.3		32
Mental retardation	5-6	0.6		65
Dementia	2-5	0.5		54
Common mental disorders	20-30	3		324
Alcohol dependence syndrome	30-40	4		432
Child and adolescent disorders	110-120	12	40	480
Geriatric disorders	25-30	3	8	24
				1951

^*As per census 2001 above table does not include the following psychiatric morbidities: One-third of the patients suffering from any chronic medical conditions (such as Diabetes, Hypertension, Cancer, Asthma, Ischemic heart diseases, Arthritis, HIV, Psoriasis, Chronic renal failure, Cerebro-Vascular accidents, Epilepsy, Auto-immune disorders, Obesity, infertility and so forth) also have co-morbid diagnosable psychiatric disorders, which are usually not diagnosed and never treated. Similarly, one-third of the patients attending the outpatient section of any primary health center or general hospitals suffer from diagnosable psychiatric disorders such as psychosomatic disorders, somato form disorders, medically unexplained symptoms, depression, anxiety disorders, sleep disorders, sexual dysfunction, premenstrual syndrome and so forth