Some characteristics of mental patients admitted to a psychiatric hospital
Other Title(s)
بعض خصائص المرضى النفسيين الذين أدخلو إلى مستشفى أمراض نفسية
Quelques caractéristiques des malades mentaux admis dans un hôpital psychiatrique
Source
The Arab Journal of Psychiatry
Issue
Vol. 2, Issue 2 (30 Nov. 1991), pp.146-158, 13 p.
Publisher
The Arab Federation of Psychiatrists
Publication Date
1991-11-30
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We retrospectively reviewed the randomly selected case files of 195 Saudi patients who were admitted to a mental health hospital and relevent data were recorded on a semistructured proforma and ICD-IX definitions were applied for diagnostic purpose.
It was found that mean age of patients was 30+10.85 and male, subjects (58.97%) as compared to female gender (41.23%) utilized more indoor services.
Both family constellation and employment were significantly associated with a variety of mental diseases among which the commonest diagnosis was of schizophrenia (56.92).
Multiple admissions, high rates of relapse family history of mental illnesses, poor drug compliance and presence of precipitating factors were other features of these patients.
In addition, physical diseases were found in 74 patients (37.95%) who were referred to different specialists clinics.
The polypharmacy of psychotropic drugs and prophylactic use of antiparkinsonian agents were the mainstay of treatment.
The different aspects of this study were discussed and relevent recommendations were suggested.
Abstract FRE
Les auteurs ont choisi au hasard et d une fagon retrospective les dos- siers de 195 malades Soudiens admis dans un hopitalpsychiatrique.
Les informations recueillies ont ete inscrites sur un proforma modeie et les definitions de la neuvieme classification mondiale des maladies ont ete appliquees a des fins de diagnostic.
II a ete trouve que I ige moyer des patients etait 30± 10.85 et les sujets males 56.97%, preferent les services de soins internes compare d 41.23% femelles.
Le milieu familial et le travail prsentaient un lien direct avec les diffrents maladies psychiatrioqes parmi les quelles le diagnostic le plus commun etait la schizophrenic 56.92%.
L Admission 4 repetition, le taux eieve des recurences, maladies psychiatriques familiales, I 'irregularite, des prises medicamenteuses et la presence des facteurs favorisants.
En plus les anteurs ont trouve que 74 malades souffrant des madadies organiques (37.95%) ont ete transfers dans dautres specialites ils ont reieve d'autre part la multitude des medicaments psychotropes et I"utili- sation des medicaments anti-parkinsoniens d une faoon predominate, dans le traitement.
Differents aspects de cette etude ont ete discutes et des recommanda- tions ont ete suggerees en consequence.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Qurashi, Nasim Akhtar& al-Qurashi, Nabil Y.& Hijazi, Ibrahim Sulayman. 1991. Some characteristics of mental patients admitted to a psychiatric hospital. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry،Vol. 2, no. 2, pp.146-158.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Qurashi, Nasim Akhtar…[et al.]. Some characteristics of mental patients admitted to a psychiatric hospital. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry Vol. 2, no. 2 (November 1991), pp.146-158.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Qurashi, Nasim Akhtar& al-Qurashi, Nabil Y.& Hijazi, Ibrahim Sulayman. Some characteristics of mental patients admitted to a psychiatric hospital. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry. 1991. Vol. 2, no. 2, pp.146-158.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references: p. 152-154
Record ID
BIM-231791
