Objectives:
The aim of the research is the analysis of psychiatric consultations conducted in the multi-disciplinary hospital, establishing the cause of the consultations according to ICD-10 and the analysis of psychiatric consultations regarding their number on particular wards.

Methods:
Retrospective analysis of medical documentation concerning given consultations in the multidisciplinary hospital in Tarnowskie Góry in the years 2002–2010 has been conducted. In the statistics studies Shapiro-Wilk test, Kruskal-Wallis test, Mann-Whitney U test, Chi-square test of independence and the others have been used.

Results:
In the analyzed years, 3,672 consultations have been done, the mean age of the consulted patients has been 46.9 years. Taking into consideration the sex of the consulted patients, 41.99% of them were female and 58.01% were male. The main diagnoses of all consultations present as follows: F00–F09: 18.82%, F10–F19: 29.58%, F20–F29: 17.70%, F30–F39: 10.29%, F40–F48: 13.83%, F50–F59: 0.16%, F60–F69: 3.21%, F70–F79: 1.77%, F80–F89: 0%, F90–F98: 1.01%, other: 3.62%. The consultations most often have taken place on the following wards: Hospital Admitting Department (13.21%), Hospital Emergency Service (6.97%), Surgery Department (8.42%), Internal Medicine Department (6.51%), Neurology Department (4.82%).

Conclusions:
The most frequent causes of consultation were addictions, the next were organic and psychotic disorders, neurotic and affective disorders. Consultations most often have taken place at the Hospital Admitting Department/Hospital Emergency Service, Surgery Department, Internal Medicine Department and Neurology Department.