PMID- 11939961
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20020530
LR  - 20190815
IS  - 0001-690X (Print)
IS  - 0001-690X (Linking)
VI  - 105
IP  - 2
DP  - 2002 Feb
TI  - Referrals to a liaison psychiatry out-patient clinic in a UK general hospital: a 
      report on 900 cases.
PG  - 117-25
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of 
      consecutive referrals to an out-patient liaison psychiatry clinic in a large 
      university hospital in the UK. METHOD: We studied 900 patients using a 
      standardized proforma. Assessments of functional capacity were made using the 
      Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scale, and each patient was assigned a 
      psychiatric diagnosis using ICD-10 criteria. RESULTS: Four of five of all 
      referrals presented with somatic complaints, and 41% had a concurrent physical 
      illness. The most common psychiatric diagnoses were somatoform disorders (55%) 
      and neurasthenia (11%). Although more than half (59%) had no previous psychiatric 
      history, a surprisingly high number (35%) had significant functional impairment 
      (scores of < 50 on the GAF scale). The lack of adequate psychological treatment 
      services often provided a barrier to optimal management of some of the more 
      disabled patients. CONCLUSION: The general hospital liaison psychiatry clinic 
      provides an acceptable setting in which to assess and manage patients referred 
      from non-psychiatric colleagues.
FAU - Bass, C
AU  - Bass C
AD  - Department of Psychological Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
FAU - Bolton, J
AU  - Bolton J
FAU - Wilkinson, P
AU  - Wilkinson P
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Acta Psychiatr Scand
JT  - Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica
JID - 0370364
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Disability Evaluation
MH  - Female
MH  - Hospitals, General
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Mental Disorders/*psychology
MH  - Outpatients/*psychology
MH  - Psychiatric Department, Hospital
MH  - *Referral and Consultation
MH  - United Kingdom
EDAT- 2002/04/10 10:00
MHDA- 2002/05/31 10:01
CRDT- 2002/04/10 10:00
PHST- 2002/04/10 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2002/05/31 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2002/04/10 10:00 [entrez]
AID - 0275 [pii]
AID - 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2002.00275.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2002 Feb;105(2):117-25. doi: 
      10.1034/j.1600-0447.2002.00275.x.