The aim of this study was to evaluate the the demographic and
clinical characteristics of the patients whose psychiatric consultations
were referred from Emergency Department of a university hospital.
Medical records of patients reffered to the Psychiatry Clinic at
Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Faculty of Medicine between
2010 and 2013 were studied retrospectively. In this study 449
female (53.5%), 391 (46.5%) male totaly 840 patients were taken.
Average age of the all participants in this study was 34.3±14 years.
The most common cause for the consultation was attempt suicide
(17%), anxiety (15.5%), psychomotor agitation(14.3%), and somatic
complaints (12%). According to the result of psychiatric evaluation,
a psychiatric disorder is found in 89.6% of the consultations. The
most common psychiatric diagnoses were bipolar disorders (17.7%),
psychotic disorders (12.3%), major depression (11%), substance
use disorders (8.5%), and anxiety disorders (8.5%) and conversion
disorder (6%). The results of this study may be important for the
effective use of emergency psychiatric services.
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Şahingöz M,Kendirli K,Yılmaz E,Sönmez EÖ,Satan Y,Aksoy F,Dağıstan A,Kaya N.Bir Üniversite Hastanesindeki Psikiyatrik Aciller.Selcuk Med J 2014;30(4): 153-154
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Keywords
Psychiatric emergency-psychiatric consultationpsychiatric disorders