REIS, Leonardo Naves dos; PEREIRA, Sandra de Souza; CARDOSO, Lucilene    GHERARDI-DONATO, Edilaine Cristina da Silva. Transtornos Mentais Orgânicos em um Ambulatório de Saúde Mental Brasileiro. []. , 9, pp.48-53. ISSN 1647-2160.

We examined the sociodemographic characteristics and the need for hospitalization in psychiatric patients diagnosed with organic mental disorder under treatment in an outpatient mental health. Data were abstracted from medical records of all patients treated in that service. We compared the profile of patients diagnosed with organic disorders with the general profile of the local patients. We compared also the percentage of patients who have required psychiatric hospitalization with organic mental disorders and other diagnoses. It was found that most patients diagnosed with organic mental disorder were male, mean age of 56.72 years, the predominant level of education was basic education, and 24% have required hospitalization. Defined then the profile of patients with organic disorder, in most cases as a man, age verified above the average observed in the health service, with low education and that can often require psychiatric hospitalization.

: delirium; dementia; amnestic, cognitive disorders; epidemiology; mental health.

        · |     · |     · ( pdf )