title: [Did the Diagnostic Profile in Psychosomatically Examined Patients Seen by Consultation/Liaison-Services (CL Services) of Berlin Hospitals Change?].
abstract: The aim of this study was to find out whether the diagnostic profile for patients seen in the psychosomatic Consultation-Liaison (CL) services in three Berlin hospitals in 1994 and 2001changed. All referrals to the psychosomatic CL service within 3 months in 1994 (N = 229) and within 3 months in 2001 (N = 196) were recorded and documented. It could be shown that the referred patients of the three Berlin hospitals more frequently had only mentally caused symptoms (without organ diseases) in the first data recording (1994) and more frequently organic diseases with concomitant mental comorbidity in the second data recording (2001). If this finding reflects a general tendency, it requires an adjustment in the competence of psychosomatic CL services and health policies that ensure the inclusion of mental aspects in hospital care.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Psychosomatik/Psychotherapie, Klinikum Benjamin Franklin, FU Berlin, Germany. koeppwe@zedat.fu-berlin.de
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Köpp
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Helle
authors.forename: Hans-Jochen
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Eichinger
authors.forename: Hans-Jürgen
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Eilts
authors.forename: Wolfram
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.forename: Hans Christian
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Deter
mesh_terms: D001604:Berlin; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000191:economics; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000191:economics*