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Psychiatric Disorder in the General Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Richard Mayou  and
Keith Hawton
Richard Mayou*
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX
Keith Hawton
Affiliation:
Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

There have been many reports of psychiatric disorder in medical populations, but few have used standard methods on representative patient groups. Even so, there is consistent evidence for considerable psychiatric morbidity in in-patient, out-patient and casualty department populations, much of which is unrecognised by hospital doctors. We require a better classification of psychiatric disorder in the general hospital, improved research measures, and more evidence about the nature and course of the many different types of problem so that we can provide precise advice for their management of routine clinical practice.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 149 , Issue 2 , August 1986 , pp. 172 - 190
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Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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