Williams P
Br J Prev Soc Med. 1974 May;28(2):140-5. doi: 10.1136/jech.28.2.140.
A new district general hospital psychiatric unit was opened at the University Hospital of Wales in June 1972. Information was obtained on all acute psychiatric hospital admissions in Cardiff for the year beginning 1 June 1972, and a comparison was made between patients admitted to the general hospital unit and those admitted to the menta hospital. The findings show that patients admitted to the general hospital unit tended to be younger, of higher social class, neurotic rather than psychotic, and to have had fewer previous admissions than patients admitted to the mental hospital. They will, however, probably stay in hospital longer. The implications of these trends are discussed.
1972年6月,威尔士大学医院开设了一个新的地区综合医院精神科病房。收集了1972年6月1日起的一年中卡迪夫所有急性精神病医院入院患者的信息,并对综合医院病房收治的患者和精神病医院收治的患者进行了比较。研究结果表明,综合医院病房收治的患者往往更年轻、社会阶层更高、患有神经症而非精神病,且以往入院次数比精神病医院收治的患者少。然而,他们可能住院时间更长。讨论了这些趋势的影响。