TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Consultation liaison psychiatry at Nepal Medical College and Teaching Hospital
JO  - Nepal Medical College journal: NMCJ
A1  - Singh, P. M.
A1  - Vaidya, L.
A1  - Shrestha, D. M.
A1  - Tajhya, R.
A1  - Shakya, S.
SP  - 272
EP  - 274
VL  - 11
IS  - 4
N2  - The authors reviewed the all referral cases from different inpatient and outpatient department, in Nepal Medical College and Teaching Hospital. It was a descriptive study. There were 484 referred cases during the study period. Around half the referral were from department of medicine (49.8%), surgery (11.2%), Eye/ENT (10.3%). The referral rate was 1.4%, with an average three cases per day. Among the referral cases depression was diagnosed in 26.9%, anxiety in 15.5% and substance related problem in 14.5%. The consultation liaison psychiatry service is satisfactorily used. Depression, substance use problem, anxiety, deliberate self harm is the main diagnoses in liaison psychiatry.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2676-1319
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -