A Psychiatric Casualty Department

Mindham, Richard; Kelleher, Michael J.; Birley, J. L. T.

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(73)91159-8

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“…Previous reports from the clinic focussed on the characteristics of small samples of patients (Brothwood, 1965;Eastwood et al, 1970;Hauxwell, 1971;Mindham et al, 1973). In order to detect overall patterns relevant to the provision of services the current study surveyed all visits to the clinic in the six months between 1st October 1978 and 31st March 1979.…”

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A Psychiatric Emergency Clinic: A Study of Attendances Over Six Months

Lim

1983

Br J Psychiatry

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Two thousand three hundred and ninety consecutive visits to a walk-in psychiatric emergency service were studied to examine issues relevant to service provision. Only a third of patients were from the catchment area. Psychotic patients and those admitted or kept overnight (guests) were more frequent after hours and among non-medical referrals, especially family and police referrals; but suicidal patients often came from other hospitals. At index visit a third of patients were offered follow-up, but attendance was poor. Factors influencing attendance were examined. Keeping overnight avoided unnecessary admissions. There was little evidence that patients abused the service. The findings suggest that a psychiatric emergency service should be available to all referrals 24 hours a day.

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A Psychiatric Emergency Clinic: A Study of Attendances Over Six Months

Lim

1983

Br J Psychiatry

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“…While there have been several studies in the West, [1][2][3][4] there have been no published reports from the Far East. In view of the significant socioeconomic changes in the Far East in the last decade, research on the utilization of the health services is clearly indicated.…”

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Psychiatric referrals from an accident and emergency department in Singapore.

Kua

1995

Emergency Medicine Journal

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A total of 500 consecutive psychiatric referrals from the Accident and Emergency (A&D) Department of the National University Hospital of Singapore were studied with regard to their demographic characteristics, diagnoses, presenting problems and management. There were 314 females (62.8%) and 186 males (37.2%), and the mean age of subjects was 35.5 years. The three main diagnoses were anxiety disorders (25.6%), depression (1 9.4%) and schizophrenia (1 7.6%). About 41 % were admitted, of whom two-fifths were initially admitted to the medical ward because of drug overdose or alcohol intoxication. A further 34% were treated as out-patients, and 210% were discharged.

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“…Mindham et al (1973) reported that many psychiatric patients, at their first or subsequent contact, present themselves as emergencies, and therefore a suitable service must be provided for them. It is interesting that a large number of reports describe various aspects of one particular service in London, namely the Maudsley Emergency Clinic.…”

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“…The majority of referred patients were men, and emergency psychiatric assessments were mostly con sidered justified (Mindham et al, 1973;Ball & Levi, 1988;Dunn & Fernando, 1989). The diagnoses were mainly of psychoses or neuroses, with psychoses being the larger group.…”

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Emergency psychiatric referrals to a university hospital in Pakistan

1993

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The role of the accident and emergency department in the care of psychiatric patients has been long recognised. Mindham et al (1973) reported that many psychiatric patients, at their first or subsequent contact, present themselves as emergencies, and therefore a suitable service must be provided for them. It is interesting that a large number of reports describe various aspects of one particular service in London, namely the Maudsley Emergency Clinic. Several recent reports describe emergency psychiatric services in different district general hospitals in the United Kingdom.

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A Psychiatric Casualty Department

Cited by 16 publications

References 7 publications

A Psychiatric Emergency Clinic: A Study of Attendances Over Six Months

A Psychiatric Emergency Clinic: A Study of Attendances Over Six Months

Psychiatric referrals from an accident and emergency department in Singapore.

Emergency psychiatric referrals to a university hospital in Pakistan

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