Background: Depressive disorders are significantly more common in the medically ill
compared to the general population. Depression is associated with worsening of physical …

Delirium is the most common psychiatric diagnoses encountered in patients with various
medical-surgical illnesses, in all the treatment set-ups, with relatively higher incidence and …

Objectives: This review aimed to evaluate all the published studies from India conducted in
the consultation-liaison (CL) psychiatry setting to identify the diagnostic patterns and referral …

Despite the increased morbidity and mortality associated with psychiatric illnesses, there
remains a substantial level of inaccuracy of the initial psychiatric diagnoses given by …

The first revolution in psychiatry is generally acknowledged to be the unchaining and moral
treatment offered to mental patients. The second revolution was heralded by the invention of …

Background and objectives: Delirium is the most prevalent psychiatric disorder in inpatient
older people. Its presence is associated with higher rates of institutionalization, functional …

Objective This study examined the diagnostic validity of a three-item ultra-brief screening
tool for online gaming disorder in line with the gaming disorder criteria in the International …

Background: Suboptimal mental health literacy levels among general hospital health care
professionals negatively impact the care coordination of patients with physical–mental …

Objective To describe the characteristics of a consultation-liaison psychiatry (CLP) service at
a general hospital in China, compare the literature on CLP in other hospitals in China and …

Delirium is an acute state of impaired consciousness and a medical urgency. Its broad range
of alterations in mental status make diagnosis challenging. Awareness and accurate …