title: [Survey of five years psychiatric consultations in a university general hospital].
abstract: A survey of 5 year period activity (1995-99) of a university consultation-liaison service is reported, concerning 1556 psychiatric consultations. The majority of referrals (68%) came from internal medicine units; the reason of referral was prevalently due (approx. 50%) to the presence of psychiatric symptoms; moreover, the majority of patients (approx. 51%) for which the consultation has been requested were already under psychiatric treatment and 32% of them took psychoactive drugs. In 75% of cases a psychiatric diagnosis according to ICD-10 was formulated after consultation: "Affective syndromes" were diagnosed in 25% of cases and "Neurotic, somatoformand stress-related syndromes" in 36.6% of cases. Approx. 60% of patients were prescribed psychoactive drugs; 50% received psychological support.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica-Sezione di Psichiatria, Università di Cagliari, Via Liguria 13 09127 Cagliari. bcarpini@iol.it
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Carpiniello
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Seruis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murgia
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Carta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002491:Central Nervous System Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
chemical_list: D002491:Central Nervous System Agents