The objective of this work is to check the assumption that changed social and economic factors causes change in some of the characteristics of non-psychotic clients treated in the daily hospital.

The investigation included 77 clients treated in the daily hospital in 1998 and 82 clients in 2008. Distribution of both groups was done according to the age, work status, duration of previous psychiatric treatment and diagnostic categories.

The result of the work indicates that the profile of a non-psychotic client changes showing an increase of the number of the clients over 50 (participated as 22.07% and 47.56% in 1998 and 2008, respectively). The increase of the number of unemployed of 9.09% in 1998 and 42.68% in 2008 was observed. The increase of number of the clients treated less than one year was also observed (23.37% and 50% in 1998 and 2008 respectively). There are no more significant percentage differences regarding affective disorders (32.46% in 1998 and 34.14% in 2008) and in the category of personality disorder and adults behavior disorder (9.09% in 1998 and 9.75% in 2008).

Neurotic stress associated and somatoform disorders were slightly increased in 2008 (50%) in relation to 1998 (40.25%), with significantly increased number of the clients in F 43 diagnostic category, from 7.79% during 1998 to 31,70% during 2008.

The results obtained point out that change in social and economic factors causes changes in the profile of non-psychotic clients in daily hospital.