The Psychiatric Consultation Service at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) sees medical and surgical inpatients with comorbid psychiatric symptoms and conditions. Such consultations require the integration of medical and psychiatric knowledge. During their thrice-weekly rounds, Dr. Stern and other members of the Consultation Service discuss the diagnosis and management of conditions confronte...

LESSONS LEARNED AT THE INTERFACE OF MEDICINE AND PSYCHIATRY: The Psychiatric Consultation Service at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) sees medical and surgical inpatients with comorbid psychiatric symptoms and conditions. Such consultations require the integration of medical and psychiatric knowledge. During their thrice-weekly rounds, Dr. Huffman and Dr. Stern discuss the diagnosis and man...

The Psychiatric Consultation Service at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) sees medical and surgical inpatients with comorbid psychiatric symptoms and conditions. Such consultations require the integration of medical and psychiatric knowledge. During their twice-weekly rounds, Drs. Stern and Maytal, as well as other medical staff and members of the Consultation Service, discuss the diagnosis ...

The prediction of near-term violence among psychiatric inpatients has become an important goal in recent years. The Imminent Risk Rating Scale (IRRS) is a screening tool that has been designed to enhance clinicians' knowledge of their patients' risk of violence in the hours and days following evaluation. Drawing on the imminent-violence literature, the instrument includes 7 items touching on pe...

Objective: This study aimed to explore the current patterns of psychiatric diagnoses in inpatient and outpatient psychiatric settings in Saudi Arabia. Methods: Cross-sectional study was conducted on patients seeking psychiatric advice at six hospitals in the five main regions of Saudi Arabia. The data were primarily obtained by reviewing patient charts. Results: Total of 1,205 patients were rec...

The Psychiatric Consultation Service at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) sees medical and surgical inpatients with comorbid psychiatric symptoms and conditions. Such consultations require the integration of medical and psychiatric knowledge. During their twice-weekly rounds, Dr Stern and other members of the Consultation Service discuss the diagnosis and management of conditions confronted....

The Psychiatric Consultation Service at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) sees medical and surgical inpatients with comorbid psychiatric symptoms and conditions. Such consultations require the integration of medical and psychiatric knowledge. During their twice-weekly rounds, Dr Stern and other members of the Consultation Service discuss the diagnosis and management of conditions confronted....

The Psychiatric Consultation Service at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) sees medical and surgical inpatients with comorbid psychiatric symptoms and conditions. Such consultations require the integration of medical and psychiatric knowledge. During rounds, Dr. Stern and the chief resident discuss the diagnosis and management of conditions confronted. These discussions have given rise to rou...

A mental hospital responsible for psychiatric illness occurring in a population of 500,000 may have 2,000 inpatients (four beds for 1,000 of the population at risk). There will be a further 8,000 people needing regular psychiatric treatment. It is neither necessary nor desirable that everyone of the 10,000 patients should be in hospital. Not necessary because many people with psychiatric illnes...

OBJECTIVES To clarify the prevalence of underweight and overweight/obesity, and laboratory data for nutritional status in Japanese outpatients and inpatients with schizophrenia. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING A questionnaire conducted in inpatient and outpatient facilities in Japan. PARTICIPANTS The population of adult patients with schizophrenia in Japan (N=23,116). MAIN OUTCOME...