[Critical approach to emergency care in consultation psychiatry].

36 patients consecutively admitted in medical and surgical wards of Reims' University Hospital, and referred to the Psychiatric Emergency Unit, were assessed for their psychiatric morbidity (DMS-III-R, axis I) and their psychiatric dangerousness. Approximately one third of the patients didn't suffer from any mental disorder and belonged to the area of psychological medicine. One third showed reactional disorders, were dangerous and were then admitted in a psychiatric department.

[Emergency psychiatry at the University Hospital Center of Reims: current data].

The population of Reims Hospital Psychiatric Emergency Unit is described for the years 1989 and 1975-76. This population is essentially composed of young adults of both sexes, frequently mentally ill. Between the two periods there are a numerical stability of the patients, and a higher chronicity rate of these patients in the unit despite their lower psychiatric hospitalization rate.