Abstract: Objective To explore the relationship between personality and mental status of inpatients in the department of neurology of general hospital.Methods 150 inpatients in the department of neurology had been surveyed by Eysenck Personality Questionnaire(EPQ) and Symptom Checklist-90(SCL-90) with the domestic norm as control.Results The examining results of the inpatients in the department of neurology were as following.The scores of neurotisim(N) of EPQ were higher than that of the domestic norm(P<0.05);the scores of extra-introversion(E) and psychoticism(P) of EPQ were lower than that of the domestic norm(P<0.05).The scores of 7 factors including total scores,somatisation,depression,anxiety,hostility,panic and psychosis in SCL-90 were higher than that of the domestic norm( P<0.05).The N scores of EPQ was positively correlated with all factors of SCL-90,the E scoers of EPQ was positively correlated with hostility and paranoia factor of SCL-90,the P scores of EPQ was positively correlated with paranoia factor of SCL-90.Conclusion The mental characteristics of inpatient in the department of neurology of general hospital in acute period are that the incidence of somatisation,depression,anxiety,panic and psychosis are higher than normal people,compulsion and paranoia are as well as normal people.The character of neurotisim and introversion may be the personality background of it.

Key words: general hospital, department of neurology, inpatient, personality, mental status