title: [Evaluation using DSM-III of the clinical activity of a psychiatry department at a general hospital].
abstract: The DSM-III multiaxial classification was used to evaluate the one-year clinical activity of a psychiatry and medical psychology department in a general hospital. Compared to the general population, the patients (n = 1,071) corresponded to a sample of professionally active subjects in which top and middle executives as well as students were over=represented. Fifty-one per cent of the patients suffered from anxiety or affective disorders, while 9 per cent presented somatoform disorders. Histrionic and dependent personalities were more frequent in women. Thirty six per cent of the subjects had a concurrent physical illness. Psychosocial stress and altered adaptation were higher in unemployed people and in patients with physical illness. Specific diagnostic and socioprofessional patterns corresponded to the various types of mental care: psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy, behaviour therapy, psychopharmacological treatments, consultation-liaison, pain consultation.
authors.affiliation: Service de Psychiatrie et de Psychologie médicale, Hôpital neurologique, Lyon.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cottraux
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guyotat
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mounier
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Burloux
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Forestier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004522:Educational Status; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic
vernacular_title: Evaluation par le DSM-III de l'activité clinique d'un service de psychiatrie à l'hôpital général.