title: Psychiatric referral pattern in a general hospital.
abstract: Between September 1986 and January 1988, a sixteen-month period, a total of 494 inpatients in Tan Tock Seng Hospital were referred for psychiatric opinion. 181 were referred for suicidal tendency and 313 for other reasons. An analysis of these two groups of referrals was done to study any change in referral trends. The findings show that while the basic diagnostic categories of patients do not differ drastically from an earlier study in Singapore General Hospital by Tsoi and Kok, Tan Tock Seng Hospital had its own pattern of requirements for psychiatric consultation because of its own unique patient characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Psychological Medicine Unit, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Peh
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Tay
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012846:Singapore