The Cornell Psychiatric Screen: a brief psychiatric scale for hospitalized medical patients. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Psychiatric comorbidity among medicine inpatients is prevalent, yet no reliable screen for identifying need for psychiatric referrals exists. The Cornell Psychiatric Screen was developed as a brief, reliable, and valid screening tool. The items on the Cornell Psychiatric Screen assess a range of psychiatric conditions, including cognition and behavior, depressive symptoms, anxiety, drug and alcohol history, and the patient's desire to see a psychiatrist. Of the patients whose Cornell Psychiatric Screen results indicated possible psychopathology, 89% had documented psychiatric comorbidity according to DSM-IV criteria. On the basis of preliminary validation, the Cornell Psychiatric Screen appears to be a useful tool for identifying patients who require a psychiatric evaluation.

publication date

  • September 1, 2003

Research

keywords

  • Health Services Needs and Demand
  • Hospitalization
  • Mental Disorders
  • Personality Inventory
  • Psychophysiologic Disorders
  • Referral and Consultation
  • Somatoform Disorders

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0041836183

PubMed ID

  • 12954912

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 44

issue

  • 5