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Psychiatric Consultations at Medical and Surgical Wards: The Role of Psychiatric Consultant
Author(s) -
Mimoto Keiko,
Nishiura Kenshi,
Tominaga Kunio,
Matsushima Michito,
Kono Ryosuke,
Kato Yuji,
Ogata Ryo,
Hikita Kotaro
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1982.tb00252.x
Subject(s) - psychiatry , medical diagnosis , liaison psychiatry , medicine , psychiatric diagnosis , family medicine , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , pathology
A one‐year survey was conducted on the psychiatric consultation work at Kyushu University Hospital. It was found that an organic brain syndrome was the most frequent psychiatric diagnosis of the referred patients. The most frequent purpose of request for psychiatric consultations was for the management of the patient. The main consultant functions were diagnoses and to advise on the management of the patient. The consultant functions agreed with the purposes of request in many cases, but discrepancies between the two were found about the patient disposition. The nature of the consultant role was compared with some American studies. It was deemed necessary that consultation‐liaison psychiatry based on Japan's present conditions, medical and social, should be developed.