General psychiatry in a subspecialty setting.
Reorganization of outpatient services at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic identified a small percentage of patients who did not fit into the subspecialty framework. This necessitated the reestablishment of a General Psychiatry Clinic. A review of 100 patients in the Clinic revealed that they represented the most difficult diagnostic and management problems in the system. General Psychiatry in this subspecialty setting has practically become a subspecialty in its own right, rather than fulfilling a more traditional role of providing general care to the least complicated patients.
D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D004501:Education, Medical; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education; D013038:Specialization