Prevalence and Recognition of Depressive Disorders in General Medical Inpatients

The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) was administered to 220 of 340 patients consecutively admitted to three general medical wards of a University Hospital, whose length of hospital stay was more than five days. At least mild symptoms of depression (BDI ≥ 13) were reported by 70/220 (32%) of the pati...

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Published in:International journal of psychiatry in medicine 1988-12, Vol.17 (4), p.341-349
Main Authors: Hengeveld, Michiel W., Ancion, Frans A. J. M., Rooijmans, Harry G. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Mental depression
Patients
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Summary:The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) was administered to 220 of 340 patients consecutively admitted to three general medical wards of a University Hospital, whose length of hospital stay was more than five days. At least mild symptoms of depression (BDI ≥ 13) were reported by 70/220 (32%) of the patients. Alternate BDI depressive patients underwent psychiatric consultation. The psychiatric consultant established a DSM-III depressive disorder in 10/33 (30%) of these patients. Only 3/10 (30%) of the DSM-III depressive patients had been referred to the consultant psychiatrist by their physician.
ISSN:0091-2174
1541-3527
DOI:10.2190/WR82-6X7Y-4UXC-0TF9