Consulting with the anxious patient, Part I: Complexities of the consultation process and problems of referral.
At least 20% of medical patients have anxiety disorders and are in need of treatment, but work with anxious patients is complicated by their distortions and often negative attitudes toward physicians and hospitals. Consultation is complicated by inconsistent referral patterns. Most anxious medical patients accept psychiatric consultation: only 15% to 20% have negative attitudes toward psychiatry. Guidelines for referral are presented.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucky 40292, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012017:Referral and Consultation