title: A combined internal medicine-psychiatry clinic at a community hospital: initial experiences.
abstract: A new internal medicine/psychiatry outpatient clinic was recently established at Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC). This report describes the clinical profiles of the first 52 patients and also reviews the clinic's staffing, facilities, referral sources and reimbursement. For large community hospitals, a med-psych clinic may be a useful method of providing psychiatric treatment to medically-ill outpatients.
authors.affiliation: Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, Charleston.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Griffith
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014903:West Virginia