A comparison of two psychiatric service approaches: findings from the Consultation vs. Liaison Psychiatry-Study

BMC Psychiatry

Table 1 Psychiatric diagnoses

		Hospital		Total
		Klinikum Forchheim	University Clinic Erlangen	Total
Organic mental disorder	Count	128	33	161
	% within hospital	24.0	10.3
	% of Total			18.9
Alcohol induced mental disorder	Count	58	38	96
	% within hospital	10.9	11.9
	% of Total			11.3
Mental disorder induced by drugs other than alcohol	Count	8	13	21
	% within hospital	1.5	4.1
	% of Total			2.5
Psychotic disorder	Count	23	18	41
	% within hospital	4.3	5.6
	% of Total			4.8
Affective disorder	Count	186	149	335
	% within hospital	34.8	46.7
	% of Total			39.3
Phobic/other anxiety disorder	Count	42	24	66
	% within hospital	7.9	7.5
	% of Total			7.7
Reaction to severe stress/adjustment disorder	Count	65	24	89
	% within hospital	12.2	7.5
	% of Total			10.4
Dissociative and conversion disorders	Count	4	4	8
	% within hospital	0.7	1.3
	% of Total			0.9
Somatoform disorder	Count	36	8	44
	% within hospital	6.7	2.5
	% of Total			5.2
Eating disorder	Count	2	4	6
	% within hospital	0.4	1.3
	% of Total			0.7
Sleep disorder	Count	3	0	3
	% within hospital	0.6	0.0
	% of Total			0.4
Other psychiatric diagnosis	Count	10	11	21
	% within hospital	1.9	3.4
	% of Total			2.5
No psychiatric disorder	Count	45	2	47
	% within hospital	8.4	0.6
	% of Total			5.5
Total	Count	610	328	938

Multiple diagnoses were possible. Percentages are based on the number of patients with documented data on the psychiatric diagnosis (n = 853). Patients with missing data (n = 37) were excluded from the analysis

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