title: [The psychiatric emergency in the general hospital: an analysis of the indications for hospitalization].
abstract: The following is a study of psychiatric emergencies in a General Hospital in Madrid (Spain). The Psychiatric Emergency Service of the Ramón y Cajal Hospital in Madrid received a total of 3,693 patients in 1988. This was 3.4% of patients seen in the General Emergency Service. The study is based on an analysis of the variables that influence a recommendation of hospitalization and their statistical significance. Hospitalization was recommended more frequently in males and those with diagnoses of depression, alcoholism and schizophrenic or paranoid disorders.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Psiquiatría, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lozano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: O'Neill
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jorda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vázquez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D004630:Emergencies / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: La urgencia psiquiátrica en el hospital general: un análisis de las indicaciones de hospitalización.