Background: Many studies report that medical education is one of the toughest courses and that life in a medical college can be quite engaging, demanding and straining to lead to stress both physically and emotionally. It is also observed that many medical students even if having mental health issues would hesitate to contact help providers, especially psychiatrists. It may be due to stigma, negative criticism and discrimination attached to mental illness or due to negative opinions regarding mental illness. Medical students hesitate to seek help from their college and instead prefer to go to another psychiatrist in a different town. It has been time and again stated that early detection and treatment improves the prognosis and reduces lifelong negative consequences. Objective: To find the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in undergraduate students of a private medical college in Central India. Methods: Students were assessed using GMHAT-PC, which is a computer-based diagnostic tool designed to be used in the primary health care setting. Results: Female participants were significantly more than male participants. Female participants also had a significantly higher prevalence of mental illness compared to their male counterparts. Conclusion: Medical schools need to give priority to student welfare and not merely focus on student distress. Academic stress has a significant correlation with the prevalence of mental illness. Apart from academic studies, students must also be given the knowledge to improve their coping skills, manage their anger, skills on emotional regulation, impart them skills on conflict resolution and also give them some knowledge to improve their resiliency. These can be possible through Life Skill education and also Social Emotional Training Program.