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8778971

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-9-19
pubmed:abstractText
Referrals to a liaison psychiatry service, based in a District General Hospital, were studied over a six month period. 190 [89%] of the 214 referrals were for assessment following an episode of deliberate self harm. An excess of these referrals were male [57%] and a large proportion particularly of the males [36%] were diagnosed as having a significant alcohol problem. Many were felt to have no significant psychiatric problem [31%], and a large proportion were discharged with no psychiatric follow-up [28%]. Patterns of diagnosis and disposal differed between the sexes. Referring junior medical staff when asked to give their opinions on the likely management and overall need for psychiatric referral of patients were found to reach reasonable agreement with the assessing psychiatrist, even without prior training, and to be more cautious in their assessment. In many centres the trend is towards selective referral of deliberate self harm patients, and this appears a safe and appropriate development which can be achieved without intensive training or major alterations to working patterns, and which will result in modest but important reductions in inappropriate referrals.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0036-9330
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
141-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
A psychiatric liaison service in a general hospital. Referrals and their appropriateness.
pubmed:affiliation
Leverndale Hospital, Glasgow.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article