Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
A population study of Norwegian psychiatric patients referred for clinical brain scanning |
| Authors: |
Mona K. Beyer, Turi O. Dalaker, Ole J. Greve, Siv E. Pignatiello, Ingrid Agartz |
| Source: |
BJPsych Open, Vol 4, Pp 149-156 (2018) |
| Publisher Information: |
Cambridge University Press, 2018. |
| Publication Year: |
2018 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Psychiatry |
| Subject Terms: |
Psychiatry, RC435-571 |
| More Details: |
BackgroundPatients with psychiatric conditions are often referred for a brain scan during the course of their diagnostic workup.AimsThe aim of our study is to determine frequency and type of organic brain pathology, the relationship to age, gender and psychiatric diagnosis.MethodWe investigated magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography brain scans from consecutively referred patients over a 10-year period (January 2002-December 2011). The reasons for referral, estimated psychiatric diagnosis, and the pathology discovered for each patient were registered.ResultsA total of 34% of patients demonstrated organic brain pathology, of which 32.8% were considered clinically relevant. This represents a higher frequency of relevant pathology than reported in healthy subjects. Age (P |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2056-4724 |
| Relation: |
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472418000169/type/journal_article; https://doaj.org/toc/2056-4724 |
| DOI: |
10.1192/bjo.2018.16 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/df2dc8999ec444c1a15df8793999fbec |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.f2dc8999ec444c1a15df8793999fbec |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
