[Did the Diagnostic Profile in Psychosomatically Examined Patients Seen by Consultation/Liaison-Services (CL Services) of Berlin Hospitals Change?].
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.
Köpp
Werner
W
Abteilung für Psychosomatik/Psychotherapie, Klinikum Benjamin Franklin, FU Berlin, Germany. koeppwe@zedat.fu-berlin.de
Helle
Mark
M
Eichinger
Hans-Jochen
HJ
Eilts
Hans-Jürgen
HJ
Keller
Wolfram
W
Deter
Hans Christian
HC
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*