Citation

Salkovskis PM, Storer D, Atha C, Warwick HM. Br. J. Psychiatry 1990; 156: 483-487.

Affiliation

University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Royal College of Psychiatry)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2386856

Abstract

In order to evaluate how many patients presenting at accident and emergency (A&E) departments show signs of psychiatric disturbance, 140 consecutive medical presentations to an A&E department were evaluated using a range of simple self-report and rater measures, then followed up a month later. High levels of reported psychological problems were detected at screening, and these persisted at follow-up. Correlates of psychological disturbance and repeated attendance at A&E were investigated, indicating the relevance and feasibility of psychiatric intervention related to simple predictors.

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