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  • Title: [Referral to psychiatric hospital - which informations are necessary?].
    Author: Spiessl H, Cording C, Klein HE.
    Journal: Psychiatr Prax; 2001 Nov; 28(8):376-9. PubMed ID: 11721223.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to investigate the relative importance of information provided by referral letters to in-patient psychiatric care from the clinicians' point of view. METHODS: The estimation of psychiatric hospital physicians (n = 32) was assessed by questionnaire comprising 21 Items in 4-step Likert-type scales. RESULTS: As indispensable information are valued details about actual medications, suicidality/aggression, presenting problem, reason for referral, drug intolerance, and somatic disorders. Details concerning guardianship, previous therapy, substance misuse, relatives' telephone number, prior investigations, psychiatric diagnosis, and previous examination findings are assessed very important. CONCLUSIONS: The mentioned details of referral letter are important within all medicine disciplines to ensure continuous care and to avoid time- and cost-intensive double diagnostics and therapy.
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