Title

Prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in psychiatric inpatients: A cross sectional prevalence study

Authors

Rajeev Ranjan Raj^1,*, Surbhi Chaudhary², Firoz Sheikh³, Mimansha Patel⁴, Vikram Karande⁵, Yugantar N. Wakde⁶ & Anukriti Kumari⁷

Affiliation

¹Department of Psychiatry, Geetanjali Medical College & Hospital, Geetanjali University, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India; ²Department of Biochemistry, Saraswati Medical College, Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, India; ³Department of Pathology, Raipur Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India; ⁴Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology, Triveni Dental College, Bodri, Bilaspur, India; ⁵Department of Dentistry, AIIMS, Rajkot, Gujarat, India; ⁶Department of Biochemistry, Shri Rawatpura Sarkar Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Naya Raipur, Chattisgarh, India; ⁷Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, School of Dental Sciences, Sharda University, Greater Noida, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Rajeev Ranjan Raj - E-mail: rajeevrsam@gmail.com

Surbhi Chaudhary - E-mail: surbhisandhu1995@gmail.com

Firoz Sheikh - E-mail: thirdpage1@gmail.com

Mimansha Patel - E-mail: mimanshapatel_24@yahoo.com

Vikram Karande - E-mail: drvikramkarande@gmail.com

Yugantar N. Wakde - E-mail: yugantar369@gmail.com

Anukriti Kumari - E-mail: anukritishrma0@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received June 1, 2026; Revised June 30, 2026; Accepted June 30, 2026, Published June 30, 2026

Abstract

Thyroid dysfunction, despite its established connection to various psychiatric disorders, is underexplored in psychiatric inpatients, particularly in relation to mood disorders like depression and anxiety. A cross-sectional analysis was performed on 124 patients at a medical college, with first-episode psychiatric disorders. Thyroid function tests (TSH, T3, T4) revealed high rates of thyroid dysfunction, particularly in non-affective and affective psychoses, with common abnormalities including low TSH and high T4. Socio-demographic factors such as age, sex and family income influenced thyroid health. Thus, we show the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in psychiatric patients and emphasizing the need for routine thyroid function testing in psychiatric assessments to improve the management of mental illnesses.

Keywords

Anxiety, depression, prevalence, psychiatry, thyroid dysfunction

Citation

Raj et al. Bioinformation 22(6): 3259-3263(2026)

Edited by

Ritik Kashwani

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.