Liaison psychiatry: referral patterns and their stability over time

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Abstract
Referral patterns were analyzed for psychiatric consultation from medical and surgical wards on the basis of 2000 referrals. They found that patients'' demographic characteristics were stable over time. The diagnoses of depressive disorders and organic brain syndromes consistently predominated. Other studies have shown similar findings. The importance of research on depressive disorders in the physically ill and of teaching the diagnosis of organic brain syndromes was stressed. The value of the liaison nurse was stressed.