title: The use of screening investigations in psychiatry.
abstract: This is a study of the results of screening tests on all new psychiatric in-patients over a period of one year. Although none of the results indicated definite physical causes for the psychiatric illness, 10 per cent of the tests revealed abnormalities resulting from or co-incidental with the psychiatric illness. Of these abnormal results 61 per cent led to no further investigation or treatment, and the significance of this is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005492:Folic Acid / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D013587:Syphilis / Q000150:complications; D013588:Syphilis Serodiagnosis; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000150:complications; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000150:complications; D013960:Thyroid Function Tests; D014805:Vitamin B 12 / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D005492:Folic Acid; D014805:Vitamin B 12