Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of Patients attending Psychotherapy in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Oman.

Objectives: There is significant evidence that psychotherapy is a pivotal treatment for persons diagnosed with Axis I clinical psychiatric conditions; however, a psychotherapy service has only recently been established in the Omani health care system. This study aimed to investigate the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of attendees at a psychotherapy clinic at a tertiary care hospital.

Methods: An analysis was carried out of 133 new referrals to the Psychotherapy Service at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, a tertiary care hospital.

The detection of mood and anxiety in people with epilepsy using two-phase designs: experiences from a tertiary care centre in Oman.

Background: The detection of mood and anxiety disorders is of great clinical importance in patients with chronic disease but data on the occurrence of affective dysfunction is lacking among people with epilepsy (PWE) in non-western populations. Further compounding such situation, the validity of some of the common assessment measures has not been examined.

Objective: The study aims to investigate the application of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) by identifying patients with comorbid affective dysfunctions in an Omani population.