Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet
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The author reviewed psychiatric consultations at a teaching general hospital over a two year period. Two hundred and seventy-one patients or 0.6 per cent of all admission were referred for psychiatric consultation. The referral rate from the medical and surgical departments were higher than that of other departments. ⋯ The study revealed that the consultee could give the proper psychiatric diagnosis in only 18.3 per cent of the delirious group, 21.2 per cent in other organic mental disorder group and 24.6 per cent in functional psychiatric disorder group. Most of the consultees described only the psychiatric symptoms of the referred patients and did not specify the psychiatric diagnosis. The most frequently stated reason for psychiatric consultation was for proper evaluation and management.