Characteristics of Psychiatric Visits to the Emergency Department of Rasoul-e-Akram Hospital, Tehran, Iran

Atefeh Ghanbari Jolfaei; Mehdi  Nasr Isfahani; Fatemeh Shoyookhi

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Characteristics of Psychiatric Visits to the Emergency Department of Rasoul-e-Akram Hospital, Tehran, Iran

Author(s):

Atefeh Ghanbari Jolfaei^1,*,

Mehdi Nasr Isfahani²,

Fatemeh Shoyookhi²

1Assistant professor of psychiatry, Mental health research center, Tehran university of medical sciences, Tehran, Iran

2Tehran University of medical sciences, Tehran, Iran

IJ Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences:Vol. 6, issue 2; 42-7

Published online:Dec 02, 2012

Article type:Research Article

Received:Apr 30, 2011

Accepted:Jun 14, 2012

How to Cite:Atefeh Ghanbari JolfaeiMehdi Nasr IsfahaniFatemeh ShoyookhiCharacteristics of Psychiatric Visits to the Emergency Department of Rasoul-e-Akram Hospital, Tehran, Iran.Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci.6(2):42-7.

Abstract

Background: More psychiatric visits, especially non-emergency ones, to emergency departments (EDs) of general hospitals have been observed in recent years. The aim of this study was to determine the characteristics of psychiatric visits to the ED of Rasoul-e-Akram Hospital, Tehran, Iran.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, during a two-month period, all psychiatric presentations and consultations to the ED of the studied hospital were included. The required data were gathered by psychiatry chief residents and were documented in pre-designed checklists.

Results: About 0.01% of all patients presenting to the ED needed the psychiatric visits. Men consisted 50% of the total patients with mean (±SD) age of 36.41 (±14.7) years. About 51% of them had the indication of the emergency psychiatric visit while 47% had the indication of hospitalization in the psychiatric ward. Non-emergency visits were not related to demographic characteristic, previous psychiatric disorders, substance abuse and physical diseases

Conclusions: Non-emergency visits take a high percentage of psychiatric visits in ED and regarding limited sources for psychiatric emergencies and Long visiting time, this percentage can hinder the process of giving services to real emergency psychiatric patients.

Declaration of interest: None.

Citation: Ghanbari Jolfaei A, Nasr Isfahani M, Shoyookhi F. Characteristics of psychiatric visits to the emergency department of Rasoul-e-Akram Hospital, Tehran, Iran. Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci 2012; 6(2): 42-47.

Keywords

Emergency

Indication

Psychiatric visi

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