Background: Pain and depression represent suffering for burn patients, thus deserving attention in research and clinical settings. The study was conducted to evaluate psychiatric illness among burn subjects. Materials & methods: A total of 100 burn patients were enrolled. Complete demographic and clinical data of all the patients was obtained. The p- value less than 0.05 was considered significant. Results: A total of 100 subjects were included. Mean age of the patients was 48.2 years. Majority of the patients were males while the remaining were females. Among these 55% patients were facing psychiatric illness. Conclusion: Depression and post-traumatic stress disorder are the most common psychiatric illness among burn patients.