Prevalence, service use and clinical correlates of hallucinations and delusions in an out-patient population from India.

Background: Despite the persistent public health problem of positive psychotic symptoms, understanding of symptom specific prevalence rates, clinical correlates and service utilisation are sparse.

Aims: The current study aimed to establish prevalence, clinical and service utilisation correlates of hallucinations and delusions in people accessing outpatient clinics in Tamil Nadu, India.

Methods: Secondary patient data from outpatient clinics, over a 12-month period, in 2016, was used for analysis ( = 917).