Therapeutic Itinerary of People with Mental Diseases in the Service of Psychiatry of the Donka National Hospital, Conakry Hospital

Introduction: Our objectives in this study were to determine the frequency of people with mental illness admitted to the psychiatric department from another care structure, describe their demographic characteristics, identify the different care systems adopted by patients to know the motivations of the choice of treatment and identify methods supported. IT was a prospective, descriptive type of a six-month on 380 cases of therapeutic routes for people with mental illness in psychiatric ward of the National Hospital of Donka Hospital in Conakry. Methods: We included in this study, patients of any age, any gender and from any source, regardless of the clinical presentation, admitted to the service during the study period, in which the existence of a psychiatric disorder was the reason for consultation in several care centers after agreeing to participate in the study. Results: The frequency of individuals who used traditional medicine was 84%, adolescents and young adults were much affected. Male patients, singles were the most affected with a sex ratio (M / F) 2.7 the majority had no profession, and the secondary level was the most affected with 45%, 24%, 18 %, 13%. The most frequent psychiatric comorbidities were: Bipolar disorder (43.6%), substance use (31.5%). Conclusion: A broader general population study helps identify the extent of the problem of the itinerary of people with mental illness.