Author/Authors :
Al-Namlah, Riyadh A. Al-Amal Complex for Mental Health - Department of Psychiatry, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , Al-Qahtani, Mohamed M. Al-Amal Complex for Mental Health - Department of Laboratory, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , Daghash, Hadeel F. Al-Amal Complex for Mental Health - Department of Pharmacy, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Abstract :
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.
