Evaluating psychiatric morbidity in a general 
hospital: a two-phase epidemiological survey

Martucci, M.; Balestrieri, Matteo; Bisoffi, Giulia; Bonizzato, Paola; Covre, M. G.; Cunico, L.; Francesco, M. De; Marinoni, Maddalena; Mosciaro, C.; Piccinelli, Marco; Vaccari, L.; Tansella, Michele

doi:10.1017/s0033291799008491

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“…These were important findings for 2 reasons. First, the results replicated the findings of previous studies that relied on younger, nonmilitary veteran samples, [10][11][12][13] suggesting that the link between family support and psychological distress is not dependent on the age or civilian status of the sample. Second, the current findings also show that the relationships between family support and distress are not limited to 1 specific self-report questionnaire or to questionnaires in general.…”

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“…[10][11][12][13]22,23,25 Some might argue that self-rated health is merely another measure of psychological distress or physical health. However, our findings that selfrated health only moderately correlated with medical diagnoses and psychological distress support claims that self-rated health is a cognitive representation or perception of health.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…10,11 Some studies have indicated that persons with psychiatric disorders also report more dissatisfying family support than those without diagnoses. 12,13 Other research has shown that family support is not related to psychological symptoms or diagnoses.…”

Section: Research On Family Support and Psychological Distressmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Family Support, Self-Rated Health, and Psychological Distress

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Prim. Care Companion CNS Disord.

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“…The exact prevalence remains contentious, as evidenced by the wide variations reported in the ESRD literature (table 1). Indeed, there is much variation regarding the prevalence of depression among medically ill patients, ranging from 15 to 61% [39]. A recent investigation reported that 38.8% of HD patients screened using the BDI scored ≥14 [30].…”

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Depression on Dialysis

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Depression is the most common psychopathological condition among patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), yet it is still under-recognized and misdiagnosed. Depression reduces quality of life and has a negative clinical impact upon sufferers with chronic illness, including ESRD. This article discusses the negative effects of depression among the ESRD population treated with dialysis, the prevalence of the condition, the methodological issues involved with screening and treatment, and the possible psychological and somatic causes. There is a need to identify the prevalence of the disorder by effective methods, overcome the current issues surrounding depression assessment and to undertake trials of suitable treatments.

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“…Mental and behavioural disorders have been reported to be present among approximately one third of general hospital inpatients [1][2][3][4]. Therefore, PCS plays a preponderant role in the multidisciplinary treatment approach when dealing with multimorbid patients, which suffer secondarily psychiatric symptoms as a consequence of a somatic disease or have a genuine comorbid psychiatric disorder.…”

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In-House Implications of a 1-Year Retrospective Analysis of the Psychiatric Consultation-Service in a German University Hospital

Gahr¹,

Schmid²,

Freudenmann³

et al. 2011

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Objective: Due to major differences in patient populations, consultants and hospital settings of single-centres structured analyses of the psychiatric consultation-service (PCS) might be considered as an internal statistical appraisal for quality and efficacy improvements of the focused PCS. Method: The patient population given by the original documentation schedules of psychiatric consultations performed in the University hospital of Ulm in the year 2008 were analysed for the following variables: sex, age, requesting department, based problem or consultation query, allocated psychiatric diagnosis, therapeutic suggestion, occurrence and number of psychiatric consultations within the same case, acuteness level, diagnosis according to ICD-10 F and therapeutic recommendation. Results: In a total of n = 656 consultations most frequent questions were for: "medication", "diagnostic suggestions" and "no specific question", whereupon "no question" was given in 19%. A statement concerning the urgency-level of the consultation was present in 10.5%. Organic mental disorders, mood disorders, neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders formed 72% of all diagnoses. Pharmacotherapy was most frequently recommended. The detected shortcomings were mostly the result of heterogenous documentation. Conclusions: Frequent absence of relevant information throughout the consultation process gives reason for interdisciplinary arrangements to create a rational algorithm for PCS. Based on our findings standardization of our consultation reports was established by means of a standard form and a pocket-booklet which provides diagnostic guidelines and therapeutic recommendations.

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Evaluating psychiatric morbidity in a general hospital: a two-phase epidemiological survey

Abstract: The results of the present study stress the need to collect epidemiologically-based data on psychological disorders and their recognition not only in general practice, but also in general hospital settings, in order to have a more complete picture of the pathways to specialist care.

Cited by 81 publications

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Family Support, Self-Rated Health, and Psychological Distress

Family Support, Self-Rated Health, and Psychological Distress

Depression on Dialysis

In-House Implications of a 1-Year Retrospective Analysis of the Psychiatric Consultation-Service in a German University Hospital

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