Johnson F Y
Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Papua New Guinea, Boroko, NCD.
P N G Med J. 1990 Jun;33(2):133-41.
Research workers in Africa have shown that psychiatric morbidity is widespread, with prevalence rates ranging between 20 and 50% of the primary health care clinic attendance. In September 1987 a new consultation-liaison psychiatric service was started at the Port Moresby General Hospital. The results of a descriptive study of the first hundred referrals to the service are presented and discussed. The sources of referral were internal medicine (83%), general surgery (11%) and obstetrics and gynaecology (6%). There were no referrals from the division of paediatrics in this study. It was concluded that the results have demonstrated acceptance of the consultation-liaison psychiatric service by non-psychiatric specialist colleagues.
非洲的研究人员表明，精神疾病发病率普遍很高，在初级卫生保健诊所就诊的患者中，患病率在20%至50%之间。1987年9月，莫尔斯比港总医院启动了一项新的会诊联络精神科服务。本文介绍并讨论了对该服务首批100例转诊病例的描述性研究结果。转诊来源为内科（83%）、普通外科（11%）和妇产科（6%）。本研究中没有来自儿科的转诊病例。研究得出结论，结果表明非精神科专科同事接受了会诊联络精神科服务。
