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Even the physicians' detection rate of mental distress in elderly populations is low in medical outpatient clinics. This could be due to the large caseloads and also, importantly, underestimation of psychological concerns of the elderly. The objective of this study was to study the psychiatric co\u2010morbidity and life events among elderly medical outpatients.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>One hundred medically ill elderly (&gt;60 years) patients attending the Geriatric Clinic at Bikaner (North India) constituted the study population. The physical diagnosis was made by a physician based on reported illness, clinical examination and medical records. Psychiatric diagnosis was made by detailed clinical psychiatric interview using ICD\u201010 guidelines. Life events were assessed by the Indian adaptation of Presumptive Stressful Life Events Scale.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Hypertension was the most commonly reported physical diagnosis (50%), other specific medical illnesses were osteoarthritis (15%), diabetes (13%) and constipation (8%). The study found 18% subjects had depression and 11% had other mental disorders. Patients with mental disorders had suffered more recent stressful life events. Among life events, conflicts in family (16%); unemployment of self or children (9%) was reported by elderly psychiatric patients. Other reported life events in psychiatric diagnosed elderly were conflict in family (7%), illness of self (6%) or family members (5%) and death of family members (5%) or close relatives (4%).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Mental disorders are common among medically ill elderly patients, but they are poorly recognized and treated. Assessment of the psychiatric morbidity will help in strengthening psycho\u2010geriatric services and thus, improve the quality of life of the elderly. 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