Walk-in clinic and diagnostic stability.
One hundred and six consecutively seen psychiatric patients who had undergone detailed evaluation had their diagnosis compared with that arrived at in a walk-in evaluation one week to one month prior to the index evaluation. There was a diagnostic change in 21 cases and a change in drugs in 14. The pitfalls of this method for administering rapid efficient psychiatric care in countries with inadequate psychiatric manpower are highlighted.
Khosla
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Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India.
Khanna
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Channabasavanna
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D000328:Adult; D003155:Community Mental Health Centers; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*