Diagnoses among students, patients of psychiatric outpatient ambulatory in student health centre of ljubljana university

Abstract

Introduction

Health care for students in Slovenia was organized immediately after the WWII. It slowly developed and in late 1960's extended with specialist ambulatories, including psychiatric.

Objectives

Survey of primary psychiatric diagnoses in one school year.

Method

Research of patient's primary psychiatric diagnoses of the school year 2015/2016.

Results

During 1.9.2015–31.8.2016, there were 1126 patients diagnosed in the age group younger than 29 years, while number of diagnoses was 90 (see Table 1).

Conclusions

Most patients were diagnosed with one among anxiety disorders, followed by one of the mood [affective] disorders while the third most common diagnosis was one of schizophrenic spectre. The findings are at least approximately consistent with data elsewhere.

Disclosure of interest

The author has not supplied his/her declaration of competing interest.

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