Neutropenia among psychiatric in-patients
Al-Namlah, R.A.; Al-Qahtani, M.M.; Daghash, H.F.
Neurosciences 14(3): 260-262
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 1319-6138 PMID: 21048627 Document Number: 631597
To explore the frequency of neutropenia in psychiatric patients. 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. 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). Psychiatric patients are more vulnerable to develop neutropenia.