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To evaluate patterns of seasonal variation across admissions for approximately 30 psychiatric disorders over a five-year period.

September 1, 2022Pakistan Armed Forces Medical JournalOpen Access

Seasonal Variation in Psychiatric Disorders Among Patients Admitted at Armed Forces Institute of Mental Health Rawalpindi

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NSNida Saleem RQRashid QayyumAllama Iqbal Medical College SHSyed Muhammad Akram Hamdani

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Retrospective longitudinal study reveals seasonal fluctuations in psychiatric hospital admissions, highlighting environmental influences on mental illness presentation.

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To evaluate patterns of seasonal variation across admissions for approximately 30 psychiatric disorders over a five-year period.
Retrospective longitudinal study of 3,120 inpatient cases (aged 12–65 years) diagnosed via ICD-10 criteria between June 2014 and May 2019 at the Armed Forces Institute of Mental Health in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Hospital records were analyzed by categorizing patient admission dates into four distinct seasonal cohorts, excluding military adjustment disorders and undiagnosed cases.
Bipolar affective disorder and depressive disorder represented the largest overall diagnostic burden at 28.4% (n=887) and 23.3% (n=728) of total admissions, respectively.
Total admissions peaked in autumn (26.4%, n=825) and winter (25.9%, n=809), with depressive disorder peaking in autumn (29.1%, n=212), while bipolar affective disorder (29.53%, n=233) and acute mania (36.5%, n=23) peaked during winter.
Spring showed disproportionately higher rates of delusional disorder (50.0%, n=4), paranoid psychosis (45.0%, n=10), acute and transient psychosis (34.6%, n=17), dissociative disorder (36.0%, n=23), and conversion disorder (33.0%, n=5).

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Saleem et al. (2022) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6faeb3ce524a4339c39060 https://doi.org/10.51253/pafmj.v72i4.7407

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Retrospective longitudinal study reveals seasonal fluctuations in psychiatric hospital admissions, highlighting environmental influences on mental illness presentation.

Seasonal Variation in Psychiatric Disorders Among Patients Admitted at Armed Forces Institute of Mental Health Rawalpindi

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