Psychiatric morbidity of a community could be assesed by a community survey as to the incidence & prevalance of different disorders in a particuler period. A more scientific approach is for a cohort study for a long period of a geographic population.

Another simpler way to get a ready hand account of approximate prevelance&incidence of disorders could be viewed by analysing a clinics attendance patterns of psychiatric patients.Ofcourse it focuces on the tip of an iceberg.

A quick sample survey of prevelance & incidence of disorders those are being brought in that particuler day.

Here is analysis of this authors 105 cases, those were examined & treated in 2 rural clinics of a district Midnapore those are even 75 k.ms & 60 k.ms from the capitol city of Calcutta.72 cases in one clinic in morning session lasting from 6a.m-1-15 p.m & 33 cases in afternoon session in another clinic from 2.30p.m-6.30 p.m on 15th of november 2009 on a sunday.

Age group range varies from 5 years-78 years with a maximum no. in the age group of 21-55years range.Affective disorders predominately,depressive disorder inBPMD,MDD,Anxiety disorders, schizophrenia,Hypomanic psase in BPMD &Behavioral disorders associated with Mental retardation/low intilligence &other mental retardation,Hysteria,Senile dementia Of alzhiemers,vasculer &mixed are most diagnostic presentation.Students & youth with tension headache associated with anxiety disorders were in sizable number.Women patients in depression were mostly presented with pain in lower extremeties.

105 patients visited in one winter sunday with depressive patients in top is concluded.