Open AccessA STUDY OF PROFILE OF PATIENTS REFERRED TO PSYCHIATRY DEPARTMENT FROM OTHERS DEPARTMENTS
Author(s) -
Bhanu Pratap Singh,
Abhijeet Singh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of medical and biomedical studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-8698
pISSN - 2589-868X
DOI - 10.32553/ijmbs.v5i8.2102
Subject(s) - psychiatry , delirium , medicine , liaison psychiatry , depression (economics) , acute psychosis , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , anxiety , psychosis , economics , macroeconomics
The aim is to study the Profile of patients referred to Psychiatry department in a Medical College & Hospital in Rajasthan.
Material and Methods: A study of 100 subsequent patients was conducted in psychiatry department, Diagnosis was made by psychiatrists based on ICD-10 guidelines. Data was analyzed using appropriate statistical techniques.
Results: 18.00% of patients were diagnosed as Mixed anxiety & depression followed by depressive disorder 23.00%. Somatoform disorder and acute stress reaction adds 5% each. 3.00% diagnosed as psychosexual disorder followed by nil psychiatric diagnosis 2%, schizophrenia and organic psychosis/delirium 1% each.
Conclusion: Psychiatric co-morbidity may present in acute & chronic physical illness. The C-L psychiatry would play a major role in the management of psychiatric co-morbidity. The General medicine was the main department for referring patients.
Keywords: Psychiatry references from medical& surgical departments, Consultation Liaison Psychiatry.