Τίτλος:
Consultation-Liaison psychiatric service delivery: results from a
European study
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
The reported Endings of the European Consultation-Liaison Workgroup
(ECLW) Collaborative Study describe consultation-liaison service
delivery by 56 services from ZI European countries aggregated on a C-L
service level. During the period of 1 year (1991), the participants
applied a standardized, reliability tested method of patient data
collection, and data were collected describing pertinent characteristics
of the hospital, the C-L service, and the participating consultants. The
consultation rate of 1% (median; 1.4% mean) underscores the
discrepancy between epidemiology and the services delivered. The core
function of C-L services in general hospitals is a quick comprehensive
emergency psychiatric function. Reasons to see patients were the
following. deliberate self-harm (17%), substance abuse (7.2%), current
psychiatric symptoms (38.6%), and unexplained physical complaints
(18.6%) (all means). A significant number of patients are old and
seriously ill. Mood disorders and organic mental disorders are most
predominant (17.7%). Somatoform and dissociative disorders together
constitute 7.5%. C-L services in European countries are mainly
emergency psychiatric services and perform an important bridge function
between primary, general health, and mental health care. (C) 2001
Elsevier Science inc. All rights reserved.
Συγγραφείς:
Huyse, FJ
Herzog, T
Lobo, A
Malt, UF
Opmeer, BC and
Stein, B
de Jonge, P
van Dijck, R
Creed, F
Crespo, MD
and Cardoso, G
Guimaraes-Lopes, R
Mayou, R
van Moffaert, M
and Rigatelli, M
Sakkas, P
Tienari, P
Περιοδικό:
General Hospital Psychiatry
Εκδότης:
EXCERPTA MEDICA INC-ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI:
10.1016/S0163-8343(01)00139-6
