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Unwelcome Guests: Bugbears of the Emergency Room Physician

Adityanjee

Dept of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences., New Delhi, India

D. Mohan

Dept of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

N.N. Wig

Dept of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

In a prospective study on psychiatric emergencies in the setting of a general hospital, the phenomenon of repeat-visits was studied. Results confirm that repeaters repre sent a sizeable load on emergency services—about 18% of all psychiatric emergen cies. Females and neurotics are over-represented among the repeaters. Chronic repeaters tend to evoke strong feelings among the emergency physicians thereby decreasing their chances of referral to the psychiatry resident on call.

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Vol. 34, No. 3, 196-199 (1988)
DOI: 10.1177/002076408803400304
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