[Prevalence of mental disorders at emergency service]. / Prevalencia de trastornos mentales en un servicio de urgencia.
Rev Med Chil
; 121(6): 705-10, 1993 Jun.
Article
em Es
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8278711
Aiming to know the frequency of mental disorders among patients consulting a general hospital emergency ward, 2834 medical records of such patients were retrospectively reviewed. 8.4% of consultations were due to mental disorders. Sixty four percent of patients consulting for mental disorders were women. Anxiety disorders comprised 57.6% of consultations due to mental disorders and intoxications 7.6%. Eighty percent of the latter were consequence of suicidal attempts, being the most common method the use of benzodiazepines. A low percent of these patients were referred to psychiatry. The low frequency of psychiatric referrals and the importance of psychiatric advice in emergency rooms is discussed.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Serviço Hospitalar de Emergência
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Transtornos Mentais
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Chile
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Rev Med Chil
Ano de publicação:
1993
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Chile