Am J Psychiatry 1976; 133:93-95
Copyright © 1976 by American Psychiatric Association
Routine skull films in hospitalized psychiatric patients
JF Delaney
Skull films were taken routinely for a sample consisting of all inpatients
at a psychiatric facility over a 5-year period (N = 2,943). The skull
series revealed some abnormalities in 17.3% of the patients and significant
abnormalities in 2.4%. The author concludes that the results of this trial
do not justify routine skull films for psychiatric patients in the absence
of neurological symptoms.
