Psychiatric Morbidity and Referral on Two General Medical Wards
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Psychiatric morbidity and referral on two general medical wards.
Psychiatric morbidity among 230 medical inpatients was determined by a two-stage screening procedure, using the General Health Questionnaire and Standardized Psychiatric Interview. Of these patients, 23% were considered psychiatrically ill, affective disorders being the commonest illnesses encountered; and 27 (12%) were psychiatrically referred. While referral was related to severity of psychia...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1974
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.5902.268