title: [Frequency of relapse among hospitalized patients at the psychiatric department].
abstract: The study aims to assess the epidemiology of relapse occurrence among inpatients at the Department of Psychiatry of Fann Teaching Hospital, in Dakar. A retrospective and prospective study was conducted from inpatients records during the year 1998. Demographic and disease related datas were collected and analyzed using a microcomputer with WHO/CDC Epi Info 6.0 software. Among the inpatients, 160 presented a relapse representing a prevalence rate of 40.8%. The most incriminated diseases were: schizophrenia and mood trouble (56.3% and 28.7% respectively). Relapses occurs more during the first admission and decreased with readmission. As a real public health problem, there is a need for better management of all psychiatric disease to prevent relapsus: early and efficient health care, social and familial integration.
authors.affiliation: Travail de la Clinique de Psychiatrie et de Psydiologie Médicale du CHU de Fann Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Thiam
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Toure
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gueye
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies