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[Differences between patients in consultation psychiatry and psychiatric inpatients]
Stefan Unterecker1, Julia Maloney1, Bruno Pfuhlmann1
1Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg.
Objective:
To optimize psychiatric consultation service epidemiological information is needed.
Methods:
We compared data on gender, age and diagnoses of patients in the consultation service to psychiatric inpatients.
Results:
In psychiatric consultation service patients are older (56.6 vs. 44.9 years, p < 0.05) and males are older than females (58.8 vs. 54.4 years, p < 0.05). For male patients, the psychiatric consultation service is contacted more often in cases of organic disorders, for females in adjustment disorders (p < 0.05).
Conclusion:
The diagnostic spectrum in psychiatric consultation service is different for males and females with relevance for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
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