The Pattern of Psychiatric Referrals in a General Hospital
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TL;DR
It was thought useful to review psychiatric referrals from the general wards at Guy's over a recent period of one year, approximately ten years after the first study, to see if there had been any change in the pattern or nature of the referrals.
Abstract
There have been a number of reports of psychiatric referrals in general hospitals. The most recent papers have been by Guy Edwards and Angus (1968) from Bergen Pines County Hospital, New Jersey; Crisp (1968) from the Middlesex Hospital, London; Bridges et al . (1966) from King's College Hospital, London; and MacLeod and Walton (1969) at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh. The last report from Guy's Hospital, London, was over a five-year period from 1955–60 by Fleminger and Mallett (1962). It was therefore thought useful to review psychiatric referrals from the general wards at Guy's over a recent period of one year, approximately ten years after the first study, to see if there had been any change in the pattern or nature of the referrals.