Mental health is the most neglected and stigmatized branch of medical science in Bangladesh. Attitudes towards psychiatry are an important determination for selection of the subject as career by the undergraduate medical students. The objective of this study was to determine the attitudes of undergraduate medical students towards psychiatry and related factors. It was across sectional study conducted from May 2013 to September 2013 among 1 st and 5 th year medical students of Rajshahi Medical College, Rajshashi and Shaheed Shahrawardi Medical College, Dhaka. Results showed that only 2.6% of 5 th year medical students wanted to be specialized in psychiatry and none of 1 st year medical students wanted to be specialized in psychiatry. All of them (100% and 98.7%) agreed with the statement that psychiatric research has made good strides in advancing care of major mental disorder and majority students of both groups were (96% and 86.6% respectively) with the statement that psychiatry was a rapidly expanding frontier of medicine. Around two-third of the students (79.3% and 82.7% respectively) perceived psychiatric treatment as being helpful. Fifty nine (76.6%) of 5 th year students and forty one (55.7%) of 1 st year students did not agree that psychiatrists frequently abuse their legal power to hospitalize patients against their will. Positive opinions on attitudes of undergraduate medical students towards psychiatry became strengthen further following exposure to psychiatry lectures and clerkship in psychiatry ward. Bang J Psychiatry 2014,28(2):45-49

There is a dearth of studies related to consultation-liaison psychiatry in Bangladesh. The psychiatric referral rates in this country are very low, considering the higher rates of psychiatric morbidity in patients who attend various departments of a general hospital. This was a descriptive study consisting of all the cases referred for psychiatric consultation from inpatient units of various departments of BIRDEM General Hospital, Dhaka from July 2017 to June 2018. Patients of any age and of either gender were included. A total of 673 patients (1.97% of total admission) were referred from different departments of the hospital for psychiatric consultation within the study period. Majority of the respondents were female. The mean age of the respondents was 59.47 (±1.98) years. Among the referred, Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) was the diagnosis in 24.96%, followed by Major depressive disorder (MDD) in 9.95% cases. Referral from the department of Medicine and allied was 92.86 %, followed by department of Surgery and allied (6.38%) & department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (0.74%). Frequency of referral was the lowest in the months of November to January. There is a need to encourage multi-disciplinary interaction in the management of patients who attend general hospitals, so as to better identify the psychiatric morbidity. Bang J Psychiatry December 2017; 31(2): 38-42

Introduction: Every day, nurses experience a great deal of stress. They face problems at work, people relying on them for their care, and also tons of responsibilities piling up at home. Psychological stress is common in hospital ward and associated with depression. Only few studies are done concerning mental health of Nurses in Bangladesh. The study was carried out with a view to find out the prevalence of depression among nurses at Mental Hospital, Pabna, Bangladesh. Materials & Methods: A cross sectional, questionnaire-based survey was carried out among the 125 nurses of Mental Hospital, Pabna. The studywas conducted between January to February 2019. The depression levels were assessed using Zung depression scale. Nurses were asked to complete the questionnaire and then the depression levels calculated. Result: The overall prevalence of depression among the nurses was 4.13 percent. The prevalence of depression was 4.5 percent among female nurses versus 2.94 percent in male nurses. Conclusion: The prevalence of depression is seen especially innurses. So, attempts should be made to alleviate the stressors. Medicine Today 2019 Vol.31(2): 111-113