PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Al-Namlah, Riyadh A.
AU  - Al-Qahtani, Mohamed M.
AU  - Daghash, Hadeel F.
TI  - Neutropenia among psychiatric in-patients
DP  - 2009 Jul 01
TA  - Neurosciences Journal
PG  - 260--262
VI  - 14
IP  - 3
4099  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/14/3/260.short
4100  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/14/3/260.full
SO  - Neurosciences (Riyadh)2009 Jul 01; 14
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To explore the frequency of neutropenia in psychiatric patients.METHODS: We conducted this study by retrospectively taking a convenient sample from patients who were admitted to Al-Amal Complex for Mental Health (ACMH), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from January to December 2004. Fifty-one patients (48 men and 3 women), with a mean age of 34 years (18-52 years) were included.RESULTS: We found that there is a large difference between the rates of neutropenia in the general population (12.8 cases/million persons/year), obtained from international studies, and in psychiatric inpatients included in our study (26400 cases/million psychiatric patients/year).CONCLUSION: Psychiatric patients are more vulnerable to develop neutropenia.