Consultation liaison psychiatry at Nepal Medical College and Teaching Hospital.
The authors reviewed the all referral cases from different inpatient and outpatient department, in Nepal Medical College and Teaching Hospital. It was a descriptive study. There were 484 referred cases during the study period. Around half the referral were from department of medicine (49.8%), surgery (11.2%), Eye/ENT (10.3%). The referral rate was 1.4%, with an average three cases per day. Among the referral cases depression was diagnosed in 26.9%, anxiety in 15.5% and substance related problem in 14.5%. The consultation liaison psychiatry service is satisfactorily used. Depression, substance use problem, anxiety, deliberate self harm is the main diagnoses in liaison psychiatry.
Singh
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Department of Psychiatry, Nepal Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Jorpati Kathmandu, Nepal. pradip_man2003@yahoo.com
Vaidya
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Shrestha
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Tajhya
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Shakya
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D005260:Female; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D008605:Mental Health Services; D009390:Nepal; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*