title: Toward a profile of medically ill psychiatric patients.
abstract: We reviewed 564 consecutive psychiatric inpatient admissions. In support of previous studies, we found 51.9% to have significant medical disorders, nearly half of them "new" or previously unsuspected. Women, the elderly, substance abusers, and patients with nonschizophrenic functional psychoses had a higher prevalence of medical disorders. Using this information as a starting point, further work should be done to define a profile of the psychiatric patients at highest risk for medical illnesses.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000150:complications; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000150:complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications; D012640:Seizures / Q000150:complications; D012737:Sex Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications