title: Consultation psychiatry in an Italian general hospital: a report on 500 referrals.
abstract: Five-hundred consecutive referrals to the psychiatric consultation service at the University of Padua School of Medicine have been reviewed. In 69% of cases concurrent physical and psychiatric disorders were reported. There was a prevalence of females, working class patients, and individuals with limited schooling. Depression was the most common psychiatric disorder in all classes of organic disease and accounted for 37% of all psychiatric diagnoses, followed by anxiety neurosis (18.6%) and drug dependence (13.8%). In 10.8% of cases no psychiatric diagnosis was made.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012017:Referral and Consultation
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs