Characteristics of general hospital patients referred for psychiatric consultation.
An analysis of 151 psychiatric consultations at a large publicly supported teaching hospital indicated that referral rates were greater from the medical services as compared with the surgical services. Minorities, elderly, and widowed persons were underrepresented. Depression and organic brain syndromes were the most common diagnoses and the presence of an organic brain syndrome had been frequently missed by the referring physician.
D000328:Adult; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis