Do psychiatrists perform appropriate physical investigations for their patients? A review of current practices in a general psychiatric inpatient and outpatient setting

Autor:	Jenny Dale, Eman Sorour, Gabrielle Milner
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	Record keeping medicine.medical_specialty medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Public health Social environment Physical health Physical examination General Medicine Mental health Psychiatry and Mental health Ambulatory Outpatient setting medicine Psychiatry business
Zdroj:	Journal of Mental Health. 17:293-298
ISSN:	1360-0567 0963-8237
Popis:	Background: Mental disorder and physical health are intimately linked. However, research indicates that psychiatrists are often unclear about their role in caring for the physical health of their patients.Aims and Method: This study aimed to find out whether psychiatrists perform appropriate physical examinations and investigations for their patients. To investigate this, a case-note review was conducted of 50 newly referred consecutive adult inpatients and 50 newly referred consecutive adult outpatients.Results: 80% of the inpatients had routine haematological investigations performed compared with 6% of the outpatients. 62% of the inpatients had a full physical examination compared with 0% of the outpatient group. Overall the level of record keeping was poor, in particular where physical examinations or investigations were omitted.Clinical implications: This study showed a poor level of consideration of basic physical examinations and investigations for psychiatric patients, particularly in the outpatie...
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