TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - In-patient psychiatric referrals in a teaching hospital: a case controlled report
JO  - Journal of psychosomatic research
A1  - Adeyemi, J. D.
SP  - 427
EP  - 433
VL  - 41
IS  - 5
N2  - The 77 (47 females, 30 males) in-patient referrals to the Psychiatric Department of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria, over a 1-year period, were compared with a control sample of 75 (45 females, 30 males) unreferred patients. The low referral rate of 0.8%, after excluding deliberate self-harm (relatively infrequent in Nigeria), was comparable to reports in Western literature. Treatable minor psychiatric morbidity, mainly anxiety and depressive disorders, occurred in 41.3% of the controls. Sixty-eight percent of those referred had definite mental disorders, most commonly psychoses (50.7%), especially delirium (29.9%). Infectious disorders, notably Salmonella typhi infection, were the most predominant physical etiological factors. The results are discussed and the implications highlighted.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3999
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0022-3999(96)00194-8
ID  - ref1
ER  -