title: [Patients cared for at the mental health unit of a primary care office: morbidity study].
abstract: Establishing the frequency of mental disorders among patients cared for at the mental health unit of a primary care outpatient clinic of Santiago, Chile, is intended. In this connection, 618 medical records have been screened retrospectively (i.e. a whole universe excepting patients under age 15). A great majority of patients--with an absolute ratio of female patients (88.8%) were referrals from physicians' offices. The most frequent disorders were anxiety disorders and adjustment disorders. Comments are made on (a): the scarcity of referrals from larger general hospitals, and (b) the need for mechanisms apt at an early detection of the most frequent disorders to be set up.
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Chile, Fac. de Medicina Oriente, Depto de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Las Condes, Santiago.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roizblatt
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Humphrey
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fullerton
mesh_terms: D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008605:Mental Health Services; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution
vernacular_title: Pacientes atendidos en la unidad de salud mental de un consultorio de atención primaria: estudio de morbilidad.