| Abstract | The Consultation-liaison Team of Kwai Chung Hospital has collected data regarding the psychiatric service it provided to the in-patients of a nearby regional general hospital in the period between July 1994 and June 1995. The characteristics of the referrals were documented and discussed. Information on all the 968 consultations seen was collected in the following areas, namely, demographic data, source and reason of referral, past psychiatric and suicidal histories, current suicidal attempt, psychiatric diagnosis, significant medical problem, psychiatric outcome and number of session(s) provided. Apart from describing the experience of a local service, this study also suggests in-patient treatment in general hospital may not be necessary for some suicide attempters and patients presented with schizophrenic symptoms. |
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