http://www.isdscotland.org/ Mental Health Health statistics Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:00:00 GMT Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:00:00 GMT http://www.isdscotland.org/rss ISD Scotland NSS.isdexternalwebsite@nhs.net (ISD Web Team) NSS.isdexternalwebsite@nhs.net (ISD Web Team) http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Mental-Health/Publications/index.asp#941 There were around 20,919 inpatient admissions to mental health hospitals during the year ending 31 March 2011. This continues the downward trend seen in recent years and represents a 17% fall in the number of admissions since year 2006/07.In 2010/11 around 55% of all inpatient mental health admissions were re-admissions. This percentage is similar to those of the previous five years.The number of patients who had a psychiatric readmission within one year of a previous psychiatric admission has decreased steadily from 4,576 for the year ending 31December 2004 to 3,426 for the year ending 31 December 2009. The year on year reduction from the baseline figure at December 2004 was 8.4% at December 2005, 13.8% at December 2006, 17.8% at December 2007 and 25.1% at December 2009. It should be noted that due to completeness issues data for the year ending 31 December 2008 are unavailable.Alcohol/drug related problems accounted for 25% of all discharge diagnoses in men and schizophrenia accounted for a further 19%. For women, mood (affective) disorders accounted for 32% of the diagnoses recorded, while dementia diagnoses were identified in 14% of discharges.In 2010/11, around 65% of all mental health discharges had a hospital length of stay of 4 weeks or less. This is similar to previous years. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:30:00 GMT http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Mental-Health/Publications/index.asp#941 http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Mental-Health/Publications/index.asp#746 There were around 21,570 inpatient admissions to mental health hospitals during the year ending 31 March 2010. This continues the downward trend seen in recent years and represents a 16% fall in the number of admissions since year 2005/06Alcohol/drug related problems were responsible for 26% of all discharge diagnoses in men and schizophrenia accounted for a further 19%. For women, mood (affective) disorders accounted for 31% of the diagnoses recorded, while dementia diagnoses were identified in 15% of discharges. Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:30:00 GMT http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Mental-Health/Publications/index.asp#746 http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Mental-Health/Publications/index.asp#786 There were around 22,980 inpatient admissions to mental health hospitals during the year ending 31 March 2009. This continues the downward trend seen in recent years and represents a 19% fall in the number of admissions since 2004.The number of patients who had a psychiatric readmission (within one year of a previous psychiatric admission) has decreased steadily between the years ending 31 December 2004 and 31 March 2008, from over 4,500 to around 3,700Alcohol/drug related problems were responsible for 25% of all discharge diagnoses in men and schizophrenia accounted for a further 20%.  For women, mood (affective) disorders accounted for 32% of the diagnoses recorded, while dementia diagnoses were identified in 14% of discharges. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:30:00 GMT http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Mental-Health/Publications/index.asp#786