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Comparative Study
. 1995 Jun;12(2):119-22.
doi: 10.1136/emj.12.2.119.

Psychiatric referrals from an accident and emergency department in Singapore

A W Ang  1 , S M Ko, E H Kua
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Comparative Study

Psychiatric referrals from an accident and emergency department in Singapore

A W Ang et al. J Accid Emerg Med. 1995 Jun.

Abstract

A total of 500 consecutive psychiatric referrals from the Accident and Emergency (A&D) Department of the National University Hospital of Singapore were studied with regard to their demographic characteristics, diagnoses, presenting problems and management. There were 314 females (62.8%) and 186 males (37.2%), and the mean age of subjects was 35.5 years. The three main diagnoses were anxiety disorders (25.6%), depression (19.4%) and schizophrenia (17.6%). About 41% were admitted, of whom two-fifths were initially admitted to the medical ward because of drug overdose or alcohol intoxication. A further 34% were treated as out-patients, and 21% were discharged.

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