دورية أكاديمية
Psychopathology of the General Population Referred by Primary Care Physicians for Urgent Assessment in Psychiatric Hospitals
| العنوان: | Psychopathology of the General Population Referred by Primary Care Physicians for Urgent Assessment in Psychiatric Hospitals |
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| المؤلفون: | Judith McLenan, Carlo Lazzari, Gail McMillan, Robert Mackie |
| المصدر: | Iranian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol 11, Iss 4 (2016) |
| بيانات النشر: | Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2016. |
| سنة النشر: | 2016 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Psychiatry |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Depression, Personality Disorders, Primary Health Care, Psychopathology, Suicide, Psychiatry, RC435-571 |
| الوصف: | Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the type, severity and progression of psychiatric pathologies in a sample of 372 outpatients (age range 18–65 years) referred by their primary general practitioners (GPs) to an Urgent Referral Team (URT) based in a psychiatric hospital in Aberdeen, Scotland. This team offers immediate appointments (1- to 7-day delays) for rapid assessments and early interventions to the outpatients referred by their primary family doctors. Method: One-sample t-test and z statistic were used for data analysis. From the total population, a convenience sample of 40 people was selected and assessed to evaluate whether follow-up appointments after the first visit could reduce the severity of suicidal ideation, depression and anxiety in the outpatients seen by the URT. A two-sample t-test and a Wilcoxon signed-rank test were used to assess the variations in the scores during the follow-up visits. Results: We found a statistically significant prevalence of depressive disorders, comorbid with anxiety at first presentation in people who were females, white, never married, living with a partner, not studying and not in paid employment. The common presentation of borderline personality disorder and dysthymia in this population underscores its vulnerability to major socioeconomic challenges. Conclusion: The data confirmed the impact that primary care cooperation with psychiatric hospitals can have on the psychiatric system, and as a reflection, on the population’s mental health and well-being. In fact, active cooperation and early diagnosis and intervention will help detect cases at risk in the general population and reduce admissions into hospitals. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1735-4587 2008-2215 |
| Relation: | https://ijps.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/view/886; https://doaj.org/toc/1735-4587; https://doaj.org/toc/2008-2215 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/3a57f56a896447e493ce29917b37b27b |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.3a57f56a896447e493ce29917b37b27b |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
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