Toward a profile of medically Ill psychiatric patients

William G. Walter-Ryan; Renato D. Alarcon; Daniel T. Meadows; Rita Westbrook

doi:10.1097/00007611-198707000-00006

Toward a profile of medically Ill psychiatric patients

William G. Walter-Ryan
, Renato D. Alarcon
, Daniel T. Meadows
, Rita Westbrook

University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Abstract

We reviewed 564 consecutive psychiatric inpatient admissions. In support of previous studies, we found 51.9% to have significant medical disorders, nearly half of them “new” or previously unsuspected. Women, the elderly, substance abusers, and patients with nonschizophrenic functional psychoses had a higher prevalence of medical disorders. Using this information as a starting point, further work should be done to define a profile of the psychiatric patients at highest risk for medical illnesses.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	822-826
Number of pages	5
Journal	Southern Medical Journal
Volume	80
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-198707000-00006
State	Published - Jul 1987
Externally published	Yes

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