This study was performed to investigate the relationship between diagnostic differences and psychiatric characteristics among patients who visited emergency room.
The subjects were composed of 653 psychiatric patients who visited emergency room of Pildong Hospital and Yongsan Hospital, Chng-Ang University from June 1992 to May 1993.
Patents charts were reviewed for demographic data(sex, age, residence), mode of arrival(time, season, accompanying person), disposition, manner of discharge, and data were analyzed by Chi-square test using SPSS/PC+program.
@ES The summaries of the results were as follows.
1) Anxiety disorder, substance use disorder, epilepsy, and organic brain syndrome were more prevalent in male patients group and somatoform disorder, and psychotic disorder were more prevalent in female patients group.
2) Anxiety disorder, somatoform disorder, mood disorder, and psychotic disorder were specially more prevalent in twenties and thirties patients and organic brain syndrome was more prevalent in forties and fifties patients.
3) Anxiety disorder. Somatoform disorder, and mood disorder patients were dominantly treated by OPD follow-up and organic brain syndrome patients were followed by admission.
4) Anxiety disorder, somatoform disorder, and substance use disorder patients were relatively well compliant to treatment and dischaged under docter's advice.
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