Quantifying consultations to medical specialties during psychiatric inpatient admissions in a Queensland tertiary hospital.

Objectives: To identify and characterise medical consultations to psychiatric inpatients.

Method: Retrospective cross-sectional descriptive study of 451 psychiatric inpatients' electronic medical records between 1 January and 30 June 2021 with descriptive statistics.

Results: Thirty one percent ( = 131) of inpatients required medical consultation, with 382 total consultations including ward call.

New for old? Risperidone long-acting injection in older patients.

Objective: To describe six older patients who were treated with risperidone long-acting injection, and to discuss the role of this medication in a psychogeriatric setting.

Method: Case series.

Results: Of the six patients trialled on risperidone long-acting injection, two remain on this treatment.