title: [An epidemiological study of psychiatric emergencies at the Biella Department of Emergencies and Admissions in the 5 years of 1983-1987].
abstract: The psychiatric intervention procedure at the Emergency and Registration Department (ERD) of Biella Hospital is examined. After a short introduction in which some general data are provided regarding Health Unit no. 47 of Biella and Unit no. 48 of Cossato, the data collected by the ERD psychiatric register are analysed. Data on ERD arrival modalities are reviewed and the type of diagnosis attributed by the psychiatrist to patients examined at the ERD is examined. The various types of responses given by the psychiatrist after consultancy are then presented. The time bands in which the request for psychiatric intervention mainly fall are then noted. The paper closes with remarks on the effectiveness over time of psychiatric intervention at the ERD.
authors.affiliation: U.S.S.L. n. 47, Ospedale degli Infermi, Biella (Vercelli).
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Merra
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Berardi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Campisi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lomonaco
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zanin
mesh_terms: D004630:Emergencies; D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012017:Referral and Consultation
vernacular_title: Indagine epidemiologica sull'urgenza psichiatrica presso il DEA di Biella nel quinquennio 1983-87.