[Quality development in a community mental health centre. Method for registration. Cross-sectional study at a community mental health centre in the Inner Noerrobro area].

Introduction: The present investigation demonstrates a method for registration, the results of which are used to identify patient populations with special needs and to better organise treatment in order to serve their needs.

Materials And Method: A retrospective prevalence study based on patient files, including 273 patients who on 7th September 2001 were in treatment at a community mental health centre in the Inner Noerrebro area of Copenhagen. Patient data included sociodemography, psychopathology, diagnosis and social function.

Nonconvulsive status epilepticus after electroconvulsive therapy.

We describe three cases of nonconvulsive status epilepticus induced by electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Nonconvulsive status epilepticus is an important differential diagnosis in patients who develop prolonged confusion after ECT. The present cases exemplify the difficulty in defining the diagnosis on the basis of the clinical manifestations.