Background: Patients, their families, and society frequently fail to notice and take care of those with mental health problems. Epidemiological research over the past ten years has revealed that mental diseases are widespread around the world and are linked to severe functional impairment.
Aims: To estimate the prevalence and pattern of psychiatric disorders among patients attending a Tertiary care centre in Bagalkot.Materials and Methods: This cross sectional study was carried out from January to March of 2022. Details of 512 consecutive subjects in total were gathered. The cases were classified using ICD-diagnostic criteria (international classification of diseases). The SPSS trial version was used to examine the data after it was entered using MS Excel. Quantitative data were analysed using frequency, percentage, and proportion.Results: The study included 512 subjects, who attended psychiatry OPD. The sociodemographic details(Age,sex, Residence) of the patients were collected from old records. The mean age of the study sample is 37.10+ 14.6 years. The majority of subjects were males (n=285, 56%), New cases (n=185, 36.13%). Regarding habitat, maximum patients (n= 303, 59%) came from rural area. The most prevalent disorders were Anxiety and stress-related disorders (n= 154, 30.1%), Affective (n= 140, 27.3%).Conclusion: The results of this survey showed that anxiety and stress related disorders were the most common condition, followed by depression. To take the early and necessary steps for better care, accurate and relevant statistics of the pattern of psychiatric disorders are required. We anticipate that the findings of this study will be useful in developing a strategy for improving mental health services in tertiary carefacilities.Keywords: Common mental disorders; Anxiety disorders; Depression; Substance use disorders; Systematic review, Prevalence.