title: [The pattern of attendance at a psychiatric clinic].
abstract: Over a three month investigation period, 1199 patients attended a psychiatric emergency-room. The sex ratio was 55.5% male/44.5% female, and the average age of the patients was 43.5 years. One-third of the patients had problems of alcohol abuse, one-third were psychotic and one-eighth were in a period of crisis. One-third of the visits resulted in an overnight stay in the emergency-room, and one-third were admitted to psychiatric hospital ward. Only 17% of the alcoholics were admitted to the psychiatric ward. Sixty-one percent of the long-term psychiatric patients were admitted, and only 13% left the emergency-room without any follow-up plan.
authors.affiliation: Psykiatrisk afdeling P, Amtssygehuset i Glostrup.
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Volfing
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Johansen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003718:Denmark; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011446:Prospective Studies