The Evaluation of Psychiatry Consultation Requested in a University Hospital
| Autor: | Hasan Mayda |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical and Analytical Medicine, Vol 6, Iss 150, Pp 177-180 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 1309-2014 1309-0720 |
| Popis: | Aim: The objective of our study was to evaluate the socio-demegraphic data, psychiatric diagnosis according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel of Mental disorder (DSV-IV) of patients, referral rates of medical and surgical clinics and reasons for referrals in inpatients who were requested psychiatry consultationb Material and Method: This study was conducted in Afyonkarahisar, in a 530 bed university hospital. For a period of six months, a retrospective data was collected from 124 inpatients who were requested psychiatric consultations. Psychiatric diagnoses were based on DSM-IV. Results: Indicated that mean age of patients are 50.1±19.7%u2019di. Seventy (56.5%) patients were female and 54 (43.5%) of patients were male. The most frequent referral clinics were internal medicine (24.2%), followed by neurology (14.5%) and physical medicine (14.5%) and rehabilitation (11.3%) The most frequent reasons for referral were depressive symptoms (21.8%) somatic complaint (17.7%), agitation and non-compliance to treatment (16.1%) and suicidal attempted (10.5%). Psychopathology was determined in majority of patients (86.3%). Regarding the psychiatric diagnosis, adjustment disorders (21 %) were the most common. Discussion: The interaction between psychiatry and other medical clinical is important because of psychiatric disorders are more commonly seen among medical and surgical inpatients. |
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