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Table 4 Frequency of referrals by diagnosis

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

Diagnose

Self-refer

Referred by the police

Referred by legal authorities

Referred by friends and family

Others

No psychiatric disorder

0

0

1

0

0

Psychotic disorders

1

7

68

404

3

Bipolar disorder

0

4

20

186

0

Depressive disorder

4

0

2

51

0

Cluster A personality disorder

0

0

0

1

0

Cluster B personality disorder

4

2

21

99

0

IDD

0

0

6

18

0

Substance-induced disorders

0

4

22

127

1

Neurocognitive disorders

0

0

0

6

0

OCD

0

0

0

10

0

PTSD

0

0

0

3

0

Adjustment disorder

0

0

1

3

1

ADHD

0

0

1

6

0

Autism spectrum

0

0

0

4

0

Lithium toxicity

0

0

0

1

0

Parkinson disease

0

0

0

1

0

Factitious disorder

1

0

0

1

0

Malingering

0

0

1

2

0

Discharged before final diagnosis, contrary to the doctor’s opinion

0

2

1

29

0

  1. IDD intellectual or developmental disability, OCD obsessive-compulsive disorder, PTSD post-traumatic stress disorder, ADHD attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder