[Organic disease among patients at an open psychiatric outpatient clinic].
All of the new consultations in the Copenhagen Municipal psychiatric outpatient department during a period of three month were registered. Out of these, 1,149 did not lead to admission of the patient. In 47% of these information about somatic condition was available and in 31% information about somatic disease was present. Were 21% of the 1,149 patients were concerned, there were indications for treatment of the somatic disease. 50% of these were treated by the medical staff of the department, 17% were treated in other psychiatric departments, 21% were treated in departments for somatic disease and 11% were referred to their general practitioners or practising specialists for further treatment. These findings emphasize the importance of medical referral in an open psychiatric clinic with direct therapeutic contact.
Solstad
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K
Glenthøj
B
B
Bjørndal
N
N
Hemmingsen
R
R
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008605:Mental Health Services; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D012017:Referral and Consultation
Organisk sygdom hos patienter i en åben psykiatrisk modtagelse.