Psychological interventions reduce length of stay and health care costs

This is a meta-analysis that was published in 1999. [1] The authors analysed the impact of psychological interventions on the use of medical services by examining the outcome of 91 studies published between 1967 and 1997. Psychological treatments included psychotherapy, behavioural medicine, and psychiatric consultation. Psychological interventions in hospitals and other settings reduced the length…

Prevalence and impact of psychiatric comorbidity in all patients admitted to a general hospital in England

This study looked at all patients admitted to a district hospital in England during one week. The prevalence of psychiatric comorbidity was 11.8% in 2,444 inpatients. These patients had higher inpatient mortality (8.7 vs 3.3%; p < 0.001), 30-day readmission rates (24.7 vs 9.7%; p < 0.001), length of stay (mean 16.7 vs 5 days;…