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[Analysis of psychiatric inpatients in a general hospital]. 1994

N M Chiou, and C Y Chen, and C C Chen, and C Y Liu

Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Hsien, Taiwan, R.O.C.

A descriptive study on psychiatric inpatients of a general hospital was conducted. During a four-year- and -ten-month period, 1390 hospitalization admissions were analysed. Among them, 436 (31.4%) were diagnosed as mood disorder, 431 (31.0%) were schizophrenia, followed by other psychosis (231 admissions, 16.6%), organic mental disorder (164 admissions, 11.8%), neurosis (116 admissions, 8.3%) and other mental disorders (12 admissions, 0.9%). Male was predominant in organic mental disorders, while female was predominant in all the other diagnosis. The mean of hospitalization days was 34.7 +/- 27.4 days. Readmission was noted in 47.1% of total admissions, indicating that "revolving door syndrome" was also noted among mentally ill in our country. Schizophrenic patients had the longest hospitalizations and the highest readmission rate. Patients who were discharged against advise comprise 14.6% of all admissions. This frequency is within the estimate of 6.8% and 23.4% in other hospitals. Others characteristics of psychiatric inpatients in the general hospital were also discussed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D011567	Psychiatric Department, Hospital	Hospital department responsible for the organization and administration of psychiatric services.	Hospital Psychiatric Department,Psychiatric Departments, Hospital,Department, Hospital Psychiatric,Departments, Hospital Psychiatric,Hospital Psychiatric Departments
D005260	Female		Females
D006760	Hospitalization	The confinement of a patient in a hospital.	Hospitalizations
D006769	Hospitals, General	Large hospitals with a resident medical staff which provides continuous care to maternity, surgical and medical patients.	General Hospital,General Hospitals,Hospital, General
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D001523	Mental Disorders	Psychiatric illness or diseases manifested by breakdowns in the adaptational process expressed primarily as abnormalities of thought, feeling, and behavior producing either distress or impairment of function.	Mental Illness,Psychiatric Diseases,Psychiatric Disorders,Psychiatric Illness,Behavior Disorders,Diagnosis, Psychiatric,Mental Disorders, Severe,Psychiatric Diagnosis,Illness, Mental,Mental Disorder,Mental Disorder, Severe,Mental Illnesses,Psychiatric Disease,Psychiatric Disorder,Psychiatric Illnesses,Severe Mental Disorder,Severe Mental Disorders