[Frequency and coding of psychiatric care of short-stay patients].

Introduction: The objective of this study was to describe the frequency and coding of the psychiatric management of short-stay patients admitted to Nice University Hospital in 2013.

Methods: Various parameters were measured : percentage of outpatient psychiatric procedures or psychiatric diagnosis codes ; coding practice differences between the Programme de médicalisation des systèmes d’information (Medical Information System Programme) for medicine, surgery and obstetrics and psychiatric medical data records, and the impact of coding on diagnosis-related groups.

Results: Twenty-four per cent of hospitalised patients received psychiatric management (either outpatient care or a psychiatric diagnosis) and 3.

[Discrimination perceived by people with a diagnosis of schizophrenic disorders. INternational study of DIscrimination and stiGma Outcomes (INDIGO): French results].

Introduction: The INDIGO study (INternational study of DIscrimination and stiGma Outcomes) aims at assessing the impact of schizophrenic disorders diagnosis on privacy, social and professional life, in terms of discrimination. In the general population, and even among health and social professionals, erroneous negative stereotypes (double personality, dangerosity) lead to high social distance. And this has an impact on various parts of daily life: employment, housing, compliance, self-esteem… About a tenth of the adult population suffers from mental disorders at any one time.

[A comparative study of coding and information systems for the evaluation of medical and social conditions: the case of addictive disorders].

The purpose of this study was to conduct a descriptive and comparative analysis of the tools used by healthcare professionals specializing in addictive disorders to promote a rapprochement of information systems. The evaluation guide used to assess the compensation needs of disabled persons treated in "Maisons Départementales des Personnes Handicapées" (centres for disabled people) organizes information in different areas, including a psychological component. The guide includes social and environmental information in the "Recueil Commun sur les Addictions et les Prises en charges" (Joint Report on Drug Addiction and Drug Treatment).

[The incidence of the child psychic handicap in the department of Var in 2001 from CDES files].

Background: Thanks to an automated treatment of the medical information of the Departmental Commission of the Special Education in the Var, set up since 1999, under the responsibility of an epidemiologist doctor, it is possible to measure the incidence rates of the children recognized as been handicapped.

Methods: This study is the first one performed on the basis of good-quality and reliable medical and administrative informations. Moreover, this study has yielded thinking on the criteria of handicap definition and nomenclature to be used to define psychic deficiency.

[The medical profile of children for whom a medico-social institution is recommended by the Departmental Commission of Special Education in Var].

Since September 1999, the Commission of Special Education (CDES) in the French department of Var implemented a computer system to electronically handle medical records and information in conformance with the circular of November 5, 1998. The study presented here is based upon the first 247 orientation requests entered in the academic year 1998-1999. Six groups of children were categorised according to the main diagnostic clusters: psychosis, non-psychotic personality disorders and behavioural disorders, mental deficiency and chromosomal anomalies, instrumental malfunctioning and learning problems, central neurological problems, and motor and sensory difficulties.