ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year : 2017 | Volume
: 22 | Issue : 1 | Page : 45--49
Sociodemographic profile and psychiatric diagnosis of patients referred to consultation-liaison psychiatric services of general hospital psychiatric unit at a Tertiary Care Center
Shri Gopal Goyal1, Rajesh Sagar2, Pratap Sharan2
1 Department of Psychiatry, DIMHANS, PBM Hospital, SP Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
2 Department of Psychiatry, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Shri Gopal Goyal
Goyallo ka Mohalla, Napasar, Bikaner - 334 201, Rajasthan
India
Context: Previous studies have reported high psychiatric comorbidity with physical illness. However, referral rate to consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatry from other departments is very low. There is a paucity of literature from India in this subspecialty of psychiatry. Aims: This study was conducted to assess the sociodemographic profile and psychiatric diagnosis of patients referred to C-L psychiatric services at a tertiary care center. Settings and Design: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in a tertiary care multispecialty teaching institution. Patients and Methods: The study population comprised all the patients who were referred for psychiatric consultation from other departments to C-L services of psychiatry department for 2 months. Information was collected using semi-structured pro forma, and diagnosis was made based on the International Classification of Diseases-10 criteria. Results: A total of 160 patients were referred for C-L psychiatric services. Majority of the patients were in the age group of 31–45 years, married, educated matriculation or beyond, belonged to Hindu religion, nuclear family, and residing in urban area. The maximum referrals were from internal medicine department (17.5) followed by nephrology (15.0%) and neurology (10.6%). The most common psychiatric diagnosis was depression (12%) followed by delirium (8%). The most common reason for seeking psychiatric consultation was psychiatric clearance of prospective kidney donor and bone marrow transplant/stem cell transplant recipient. Conclusions: Psychiatric comorbidity may present with chronic physical illness. The C-L psychiatry would play a major role in the management of psychiatric comorbidity.
How to cite this article:
Goyal SG, Sagar R, Sharan P. Sociodemographic profile and psychiatric diagnosis of patients referred to consultation-liaison psychiatric services of general hospital psychiatric unit at a Tertiary Care Center.J Mental Health Hum Behav 2017;22:45-49
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Goyal SG, Sagar R, Sharan P. Sociodemographic profile and psychiatric diagnosis of patients referred to consultation-liaison psychiatric services of general hospital psychiatric unit at a Tertiary Care Center. J Mental Health Hum Behav [serial online] 2017 [cited 2023 Mar 28 ];22:45-49
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