title: One hundred private psychiatric patients.
abstract: One hundred psychiatric patients seen for the first time on a private basis received a research interview that allowed a study of demographic and clinical characteristics. Eighty-five had a discrete psychiatric disorder and fifty were suffering affective disorders. Most sought psychiatric attention because of a situation defined as an emergency, and a large number were hospitalized at the time of the first interview. Most of the patients made six or more office visits within the ensuing eighteen to twenty-four months. Males were largely represented among patients who sought emergency treatment, had an initial hospitalization, and received longer office treatment.
authors: R A
authors: RA
authors: Munoz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D009819:Office Visits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010361:Patients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011331:Private Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017678:Sex Distribution