Psychiatric co-morbidity in primary care and hospital referrals, Saudi Arabia
EMHJ-Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 2001; 7 (3): 492-501
in English
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| ID: emr-157957
ABSTRACT
Psychiatric and physical morbidities among patients referred from primary health care [PHC] centres and general hospitals [GH] in Al-Qassim region were compared. Thus, 540 psychiatric referrals [GH = 138; PHC = 402] were selected randomly. Fifteen GH patients but no PHC patients were referred for admission. Psychiatrists made more diagnoses of dementia, affective and anxiety disorders, mixed anxiety-depression and somatoform disorders than clinicians and general practitioners [GPs]. Clinicians made significantly more diagnoses of acute psychoses and somatoform disorders than GPs. Physical morbidity was noted in 38.4% and 17.2% of GH and PHC referrals respectively
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Primary Health Care
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Referral and Consultation
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Health Care Surveys
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Hospitalization
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Mental Disorders
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
East Mediterr Health J.
Year:
2001
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