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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.

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