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Table 2 Frequency of chief complaints/reasons of referral of the patients by different sources of referral

From: Psychiatric patients: who brings them? And why?

CC/RR

Self-refer

Referred by the police

Referred by legal authorities

Referred by friends and family

Others

Bizarre thoughts

0

0

0

8

0

Delusions

0

0

1

15

0

Aggression

3

12

123

691

3

Hallucination

1

0

2

19

0

Refusal to eat

0

0

0

2

0

Logorrhea

0

0

1

10

0

Refusal to treat

0

0

0

15

0

Fire setting

0

0

0

3

0

Bizarre behavior

0

0

2

20

0

Suicidal idea/attempt

3

0

2

58

1

Suicide attempt

2

0

1

27

1

Inappropriate laughter

0

0

0

1

0

Unplanned home-leaving

0

2

3

24

0

Self-harming

0

0

1

3

0

Insomnia

0

0

0

3

0

Suspiciousness

0

0

1

6

0

Incoherence

0

1

2

22

0

Feeling depressed

1

0

0

6

0

Obsession

0

0

0

4

0

Self-talking

0

0

0

18

0

Restlessness

0

0

0

3

0

Social withdrawal

1

0

0

4

0

Nudity in public

0

3

0

2

0

Bullying

0

0

1

0

0

Drug side effects

0

0

0

1

0

Homicide

0

0

0

3

0

Poverty of speech

0

0

0

3

0

Amnesia

0

0

0

2

0

Loss of consciousness

0

0

0

0

1

Headache

0

0

0

1

0

Blasphemy

0

0

1

0

0

Increased libido

0

0

0

1

0

Extramarital relationships

0

0

1

0

0

Elevated mood

0

0

0

3

0

Drug withdrawal

1

0

0

0

0

Homelessness

0

1

0

0

0

Rape

0

0

1

0

0

Irritability

0

0

0

1

0

  1. RR chief complaints/reasons of referral