Trends in Inpatient Psychiatry Referrals: A Retrospective Study of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Services
Kritika Agarwal, Tanu Kumari, Sulagna Mallik, Pankaj Kumar, Himel Mondal · 2026
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Kritika Agarwal and four co-authors study how hospital psychiatry referral work changed across the COVID-19 years. Their 2026 paper looks at a consultation team at a medical institute in Patna, India, which visits patients admitted for physical care who also need mental health support.
The team compared charts from six months in 2019 with the same span in 2022, covering 285 patients in all. Referrals rose by about two thirds, with more cases sent from emergency and general medicine wards. Delirium became far more common among referred patients, while mood and psychotic disorders made up a smaller share. The authors urge hospital psychiatry teams to stay flexible as referral patterns shift.
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| CREATOR | Kritika Agarwal, Tanu Kumari, Sulagna Mallik, Pankaj Kumar, Himel Mondal |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 19 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |