scholarly journals Analysis of referrals received by a psychiatric unit in a general hospital Part 2

2002 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-112
Author(s):  
M Dor ◽  
VJ Ehlers ◽  
MM Van der Merwe
Keyword(s):  
General Hospital ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Psychiatric Unit ◽  
Referral Letters

The study sought to analyse the referrals received by a psychiatric unit in a general hospital in the Western Cape by studying the referral letters and the referral responses. Opsomming Hierdie navorsing het gepoog om verwysings te ontleed wat deur 'n psigiatriese eenheid in 'n algemene hospitaal in die Wes Kaap ontvang is. *Please note: This is a reduced version of the abstract. Please refer to PDF for full text.

scholarly journals An analysis of referrals received by a psychiatric unit in a general hospital Part 1

2002 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-102
Author(s):  
M Dor ◽  
VJ Ehlers ◽  
MM Van der Merwe
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
General Hospital ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Psychiatric Care ◽  
Holistic Health ◽  
Psychiatric Unit ◽  
Holistic Health Care ◽  
To Receive

In order to receive holistic health care, patients requiring psychiatric care, need to be referred to psychiatric services.OpsommingTen einde holistiese gesondheidsorg te ontvang, moot pasiente, wat psigiatriese sorg benodig, na psigiatriese dienste verwys word. *Please note: This is a reduced version of the abstract. Please refer to PDF for full text.

scholarly journals Twenty years of electroconvulsive therapy in a psychiatric unit at a university general hospital

2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amilton dos Santos Jr. ◽  
Maitê Cruvinel Oliveira ◽  
Tiago dos Santos Andrade ◽  
Rosana Ramos de Freitas ◽  
Cláudio Eduardo Muller Banzato ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Hospital ◽  
Electroconvulsive Therapy ◽  
Psychiatric Hospitalization ◽  
Psychiatric Unit ◽  
Telephone Contact ◽  
Persistent Memory ◽  
History Of ◽  
Telephone Calls ◽  
Psychiatric Outcome

Objective: To describe the sociodemographic and clinical profile of patients who underwent electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) at a university general hospital. Method: In this retrospective study, records from all patients undergoing ECT between January 1988 and January 2008 at the psychiatric unit of the general hospital of Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) were reviewed. Telephone contact was made with patients/relatives to collect follow-up data. Results: A total of 200 charts were reviewed. The majority of patients were women, with a mean age of 39 years, and history of psychiatric hospitalization. The main indications for ECT were depression and catatonia. Complications were observed in less than half of the cases, and most were temporary and not severe. There was a good psychiatric outcome for 89.7% of the patients, especially for catatonic patients (100%, p = 0.02). Thirty-four percent of the cases were later contacted by telephone calls, at a mean of 8.5 years between the procedure and the contact. Among these, three (1.5%) reported persistent memory disorders and 73% considered ECT a good treatment. Conclusion: ECT has been performed according to international guidelines. In the vast majority of cases, undesirable effects were temporary and not severe. Response to ECT was positive in most cases, particularly in catatonic patients.

scholarly journals The Relationships between Measures of General Depression and the Endogenous versus Reactive Classification

1974 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. G. Costello ◽  
S. J. Christensen ◽  
T. B. Rogers
Keyword(s):  
General Hospital ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Psychiatric Unit ◽  
Binary Nature ◽  
Classification Score

The Pilowsky Questionnaire and a number of self-report measures of general depression were administered to 95 patients, mostly consecutive admissions to the psychiatric unit of a general hospital. There were high correlations (mean = .72) between the scores on the measures of general depression and the scores on the reactive and endogenous scales of the Pilowsky Questionnaire. The correlations between the scores on the measures of general depression and the classification score from the Pilowsky Questionnaire were generally low (mean = .33). The implications of these findings for the issue concerning the unitary or binary nature of depression are discussed .

Elderly Patients Admitted to the Psychiatric Unit of a General Hospital

1989 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeates Conwell ◽  
J. Craig Nelson ◽  
Kathleen Kim ◽  
Carolyn M. Mazure
Keyword(s):  
Elderly Patients ◽  
General Hospital ◽  
Psychiatric Unit

scholarly journals Evaluation of psychotropic prescription patterns at the time of discharge from inpatient unit of a tertiary care general hospital psychiatric unit

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandeep Grover ◽  
Naresh Nebhinani ◽  
Subho Chakrabarti ◽  
Ajit Avasthi ◽  
SurendraKumar Mattoo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Inpatient Unit ◽  
Psychiatric Unit ◽  
Prescription Patterns

Audit of new long-stay patients in a district general hospital

1994 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathew Kurian ◽  
Shobha George ◽  
Clive G Ballard ◽  
Ramalingam NC Mohan ◽  
Stuart Cumella
Keyword(s):  
General Hospital ◽  
Antisocial Behaviour ◽  
District General Hospital ◽  
Primary Diagnosis ◽  
Psychiatric Ward ◽  
Psychiatric Unit ◽  
Prolonged Stay ◽  
Diagnosis Of Dementia ◽  
Rehabilitation Facilities ◽  
Discharge From Hospital

AbstractObjective: To describe the characteristics of “new” long-stay patients in a district general hospital psychiatric unit. Method: A “new” long-stay patient was defined as a patient aged 18 or more who on the census date had been in a district general hospital psychiatric ward for longer than six months but less than six years. There was no upper age limit but patients with a primary diagnosis of dementia were excluded from the study. Information about each patient was obtained from medical and nursing cases notes. Patients were interviewed by one interviewer to determine their views on discharge from hospital. All the members of the multi-disciplinary team were interviewed by one interviewer to obtain their judgements about future accommodation needs of the patients. Results: “New” long-stay patients are typically single in their mid-forties with no supportive relatives. Most have a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia. They have a long psychiatric history and the majority had been in hospital between 6 months and three years. The principle reasons for prolonged stay were persistence of active psychotic symptomatology, schizophrenic defect state, poor social skills and antisocial behaviour. Conclusion: A group of “new” long-stay patients have accumulated in Wolverhampton district general hospital psychiatric unit, despite modern methods of treatment and the availability of a good range of rehabilitation facilities. They are a diverse group including patients with a severe schizophrenic disorders, affective disorders, personality disorders and organic disorders. Ideally, if these patients are to be placed in the community, rather than remaining as inpatients, then placement would need to be in specialised facilities like hospital hostels.

EXPERIENCES IN A PSYCHIATRIC UNIT OF A LARGE GENERAL HOSPITAL

1961 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 47-49
Author(s):  
Harvey J. Tompkins
Keyword(s):  
General Hospital ◽  
Psychiatric Unit

The psychiatric unit at Porchester General Hospital

2018 ◽  
pp. 93-106
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Baruch ◽  
Andrew Treacher
Keyword(s):  
General Hospital ◽  
Psychiatric Unit
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