Psychiatric Disorders in the General Hospital
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25752/psi.6075Keywords:
psychiatric disorder, depression, Anxiety, General hospital.Abstract
An extended literature review shows the high prevalence of psychiatric disorders in the inpatient and outpatient departments of the general hospital, higher than that found in community samples. Depressive disorders are the most prevalent, followed by anxiety and cognitive disorders. However, their distribution differs among departments and groups of patients. These facts point to the high need of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry services that are able to diagnose and treat psychiatric dis- orders in the general hospital but, at the same time, increase the medical staff’s capacity of their detection and treatment.
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