J Korean Neuropsychiatr Assoc.  1997 Jul;36(4):671-682.

The Changing Patterns of Psychiatric Consultations at a General Hospital

• Park SH
• Jung Y

Abstract

We have studied the changing patterns of psychiatric consultation in a general hospital for 10 years . Results were as follows 1) The annual psychiatric consultation rate was 1.64%. 2) In age group, elderly patients above 60's had increasing tendency of consultation. 3) The referred patients from department of Internal medicine was the highest and ones from neurology department were increasing recently. 4) Most of the patients were consulted during the month of lune, f311owe4 by April, March and May. 5) The most frequent reason far their psychiatric consultation was psychiatric complaint without specific evidence of lab. data but physical problems. 6) In the psychiatric diagnoses of the consulted patients, organic mental disorders were the first, and depression was the second in order.

Keyword

psychiatric consultation; Changing patterns

MeSH Terms

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Neurocognitive Disorders
Depression
Diagnosis
Hospitals, General*
Humans
Internal Medicine
Neurology
Referral and Consultation*