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At the extreme limits of L-DOPA therapy: probable dopamine dysregulation and psychiatric complications in Parkinson's disease. [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ Neurol Open
Oikarinen N   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Psychiatric Hospitalization Associated with Emergency Department Visits

Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 2022
Psychiatric boarding in an emergency department (ED) has personal and social consequences that can increase healthcare expenditure through a variety of inter-related mechanisms. This study aimed to compare health outcomes (e.g., length of stays, the severity of illness) between patients who stayed in an emergency department and those who did not visit ...
Joohyun, Chung   +2 more
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Suicide in a General Hospital Psychiatric Department

Psychopathology, 1976
An analysis of the 7 cases of suicide in the Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, during the period 1965–1974, is presented. The problems relating to the management of suicidal patients in a general hospital psychiatric department are considered.
Bernard Lerer, Jacob Avni
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Treatment of Psychiatric Hospital Patients Transferred to Emergency Departments

Psychosomatics, 2005
Two hundred public psychiatric hospitals were surveyed regarding their management of inpatients with serious medical problems. Of the 102 hospitals responding, 98 had a formal arrangement with a medical facility for transfer and treatment. Fifty of the respondents felt they regularly had difficulty in receiving acceptable information from the receiving
Bazemore, Patricia H.   +2 more
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Psychiatric consultation in the general hospital emergency department

Psychiatric Services, 1995
This article examines factors related to the emergency setting, patient evaluation, and disposition and treatment that create both opportunities and constraints for the psychiatrist acting as a consultant in the general hospital emergency ...
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Evaluating a Social Work Department in a Psychiatric Hospital

Health & Social Work, 1978
It has become increasingly important, as an administrative aid in assessing the functioning of hospital social work departments and improving their services, to determine and evaluate their activities. This article reports on a study conducted by the social work department in a Canadian university psychiatric hospital to determine the work load of ...
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Pharmacoepidemiology of patients hospitalized for somatoform disorders in psychiatric hospitals and departments

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 2010
AbstractPurposePharmacological treatment is used in patients with somatoform disorders (SD) although the empirical evidence is scarce. We evaluated the current pharmacological treatment strategies used for psychiatric in‐patients diagnosed with SD in Central Europe.MethodsCross‐sectional data of the pharmacological treatment, age, gender, and the ...
Adrian, Mundt   +4 more
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Organization of psychiatric services for general hospital departments

2020
Abstract A modification in consultation liaison psychiatry/psychosomatic medicine is introduced and explored by a review of the concepts of prevention and proactivity in other disciplines of medicine. Three major advantageous outcomes of a proactive/preventive approach are noted—namely, early recognition and treatment result in less ...
William H. Sledge, Julianne Dorset
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Patterns of Care in a District General Hospital Psychiatric Department

British Journal of Psychiatry, 1988
A survey of all admissions of patients under the age of 65 during the first 6 years of a District General Psychiatric Department without mental-hospital support is reported. Three high-uptake groups of in-patients were defined; the long-stay (12 months or more), the medium-stay (6–12 months), and the revolving-door group (more than three admissions in ...
R E, Lawrence   +2 more
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