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Published Online: December 1966

Acute Psychiatric Services in the General Hospital: I. Implications for Psychiatry in Emergency Admissions

MORRIS E. CHAFETZ, HOWARD T. BLANE, and JAMES J. MULLERAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 123, Number 6

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.6.664

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At Massachusetts General Hospital, visits to the psychiatric service increased from one percent of total visits in 1952 to three percent in 1961. This probably reflects an increase in acknowledgment of psychiatric disturbance rather than an actual rise in its incidence. The increase in emergency psychiatric admissions to general hospitals—which are now often used as "the poor man's family doctor"—has many implications for the future practice of psychiatry.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 123 • Number 6 • December 1966

Pages: 664 - 670

PubMed: 5927588

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Published in print: December 1966

Published online: 1 April 2006

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MORRIS E. CHAFETZ

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HOWARD T. BLANE

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JAMES J. MULLER

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Director of the Alcohol Clinic and Acute Psychiatric Service, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass. 02114

Associate Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass. 02114

Assistant Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass. 02114

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Acute Psychiatric Services in the General Hospital: I. Implications for Psychiatry in Emergency Admissions

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