A clinical survey was performed on the cases of cosultations to psychiatry from March, 1988 to January, 1990 at Won Kwang University Hospital. The results were as follows :
1. The consultations were requested from Internal Medicine (43.1% ), Neurosurgery (12. 5%), General Surgery (7.8%), Orthopedic Surgery (7.2% ), Urology (5.4%), Pediatrics (4.8% ), Chest Surgery (3.6% ), Dermatology (3.6% ), Otorhinolaryngology (3.0% ), Plastic Surgery (3.0% ), Emergency Room (3.0% ), Ophthalmology (12 % ), Oral Surgery (12%) and Intensive Care Unit (0.6%). The numbers between parentheses represent the component ratios of the consultations.
2. Memory disturbance (8.6%), Behaviour disturbance (7.8%), Consciousness disturbance (7.6%), Sensory disturbance (7.6%) and Sleep disturbance (7.0%) had higher frequences than others in thc consulted symptoms from the referral departments.
3. Memory disturbance (12.3), Behaviour disturbance (9.4%), Sleep disturbance (8.5%), Sensory disturbance (7.4%) and Headache (6.4%) had higher frequences than others in the consulted symptoms checked by psychiatrist.
4. Organic mental disorder (23.8% ), Somatoform disorder (18.4% ), Epilepsy (9.4% ), Mood disorder (5.8 %) and Brief reactive psychosis (5.8%) had relatively higher frequences than others in the psychiatric diagnosis of the consulted cases.
5. The cases of Organic mental disorder showed delayed consultations.
6. The psychiatric answers were composed of Psychiatric recommendation (34.1%), Referal to psychiatry (25.1%), Drug prescription (18.0%), Reevaluation for physical condition (12.0% ), Observation (102%) and Psychitric follow-up (0.6% ).
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