IPDE - Extranet Systems - World Health Organization
IPDE - Extranet Systems - World Health Organization
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69 Centres participating in <strong>IPDE</strong> field trial<br />
1854. The hospital has gained a national reputation as one of the best<br />
medical centres in Japan. It has 1071 beds and serves over 3500 outpatients<br />
daily, more than 300 of whom are physician requests for consultations.<br />
Most patients are from the Tokyo area, but many come from<br />
elsewhere in the country.<br />
The Department of Neuropsychiatry has 31 beds, 200 annual admissions,<br />
and a 30- to 40-day length of stay. Most patients have mood, neurotic,<br />
or eating disorders. The out-patient department has 10 new<br />
admissions daily and cares for 180-200 patients. The depaament has a<br />
reputation as a centre for both psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy. The<br />
majority of patients are middle class and come from urban or suburban<br />
m, although some are referred from all over the country. As a teaching<br />
hospital it trains 10-15 new residents a year. It has kained almost 500 psychiatrists,<br />
about 10 per-cent of those in Japan. The facility also has a long<br />
history of research, pdcularly in psychop~ology, psychoimmunology,<br />
p ~ych~n~logy, and the quality of life of psychiatric patients.<br />
Vienna<br />
Vienna is the capital of Austria and home of 1.5 million people, nearly<br />
one-fifth of the country's population. It is located on the Danube river<br />
and is a gateway between western and eastem Europe. The mainstays of<br />
its economy are trade and industry. It is a city of vast cultural achievement,<br />
renowned for its baroque architecture and musical tradition. It was<br />
home to Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubefi, Brahms, J. Strauss,<br />
Mahler, and Sch6nberg. Vienna was the seat of the Austro-Hungarian<br />
Empire until the beginning of the twentieth century, and the various<br />
states of the former empire have had a significant cultural and ethnic<br />
influence on this city.<br />
This study was conducted in the Depaament of Psychiatry of the<br />
University of Vienna, part of a large university hospital located in the<br />
centre of the city. There are wards for general psychiatric and psychotherapeutic<br />
treatment. There is a small day hospital and an outpatient<br />
clinic that treats approximately 5OM) patients annually. They are<br />
referred from all districts of Vienna and to a lesser extent from the eastem<br />
pan of Austria. The national social insurance system insures free<br />
access to the hospital to the entire population. The subjects were<br />
recruited for the study from the out-patient clinic and psychotherapeutic<br />
wards. One patient was included from the day hospital.