Open AccessA Cross-sectional Descriptive Study of Prevalence and Nature of Psychiatric Referrals from Intensive Care Units in a Multispecialty Hospital
Author(s) -
Govind S Bhogale,
Raghavendra B Nayak,
Mary Dsouza,
Sameeran S Chate,
Meenakshi B Banahatti
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.92063
Subject(s) - medicine , psychiatry , comorbidity , intensive care , psychiatric comorbidity , anxiety , cross sectional study , observational study , depression (economics) , intensive care medicine , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
The prevalence of psychiatric comorbidity in general hospital range from 20% to 60%. Presence of psychiatric morbidity compounds the disability and suffering in medical patients. There is a limited literature on the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in patients admitted in the intensive care units (ICUs).