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Reasons for referral and consultation liaison psychiatry diagnoses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

John Lyne ,
Brian O'Donoghue ,
Maurice Bonnar ,
Daniel Golden ,
Claire Mclnerney ,
Ian Callanan  and
Martina Ryan
John Lyne*
Affiliation:
DETECT Early Intervention in Psychosis Service, Dublin
Brian O'Donoghue
Affiliation:
DETECT Early Intervention in Psychosis Service, Dublin
Maurice Bonnar
Affiliation:
St. John of God Hospital, Dublin
Daniel Golden
Affiliation:
Drug Treatment Centre Board, Dublin
Claire Mclnerney
Affiliation:
Victorian Institute for Forensic Mental Health, Australia
Ian Callanan
Affiliation:
St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin
Martina Ryan
Affiliation:
St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
*
*Correspondence E-mail: johnlyne@mail.com
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Abstract

Objectives:

Focused management strategies, including effective distribution of available resources is dependent on ongoing analysis of referral type in any liaison psychiatry consultation service. This survey sought to measure rate of diagnoses in an Irish liaison psychiatry consultation service, and compare the results with other similar services.

Method:

A survey of referral reasons and diagnoses was performed on all patients presenting to a Dublin based inpatient liaison psychiatry consultation service over two six month periods. The results were subsequently compared with other similar international studies.

Results:

Commonest referral reasons were for depressive disorders, while commonest diagnoses included alcohol related disorders, depressive disorders, and delirium, with notably higher rates of alcohol related disorders than in other similar international studies.

Conclusions:

This study provides valuable information for referral reasons and diagnoses present in an Irish liaison psychiatry consultation service. The differences noted between diagnoses in our study and other international studies, as well as some of the difficulties in establishing these diagnoses, are discussed.

Keywords

DiagnosisSurveyLiaison psychiatry consultation
Type
Original Papers
Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , September 2010 , pp. 123 - 129
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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