Psychosomatic Medicine Faster Service from Outside North America
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by SCHWAB, J. J.
Right arrow Articles by SCOTT, M. L.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by SCHWAB, J. J.
Right arrow Articles by SCOTT, M. L.

Psychosomatic Medicine 27:112-118 (1965)
© 1965 American Psychosomatic Society

Differential Characteristics of Medical In-Patients Referred for Psychiatric Consultation: A Controlled Study

JOHN J. SCHWAB M.D.1, R. S. CLEMMONS M.D.1, FRANK R. FREEMON B.S.1, and M. L. SCOTT B.S.1

1 Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.

The admission work-ups on 100 hospitalized medical patients referred for psychiatric consultation were analyzed for significant data and compared with an individually matched control group of 100 other medical inpatients for whom consultations were not sought. The purpose was to establish whether the two groups differed, and to ascertain which information, as determined by the medical staff on admission, distinguished the patients presently being referred for consultation. Significant distinguishing characteristics of the consultation patients were found in the chief complaints and history of the present illness, the past medical history, the physicial examination, and the behavior of the patient on admission. The implications of these findings are discussed.

Submitted on June 22, 1964




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Psychosom. Med.Home page
D. R. Lipsitt
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine: The Company They Keep
Psychosom Med, November 1, 2001; 63(6): 896 - 909.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1965 by the American Psychosomatic Society