Deliberate Self Harm and Psychiatric Co-Morbidity: A Hospital Based Study.

Abstract

DeliberateselfharmisoftenassociatedwithPsychiatricdisordersinfluencingmorbidityandmortality.Inthishospitalbased cross sectional study, total 275 DSH patients were assessed over 2 year period with DSM-IV for co morbid Psychiatric problems and results were analyzed using SPSS Version 13. Chi square, Z( Proportion) tests and Odds Ratio are used. 275 patients of DSH participated in the study. The group was dominated by young adults (82.17%), Males. (55.27%) Large Number of them came from rural areas belonging to low socio economic status. Farming among men and housewife among women were common occupations of people with DSH. 135 (49.09%) people in our study revealed one or the other major psychiatric disorder according to DSM IVcriteria. 68.15% were males and 38.15% were females.