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Treatment Settings in Psychiatry

The Use of Hospital Services: Long Term Follow-up

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

John B. Copas ,
Dorothy L. Freeman-Browne  and
Ashley A. Robin
John B. Copas
Affiliation:
University of Salford, Salford, Lancs
Dorothy L. Freeman-Browne
Affiliation:
Runwell Hospital, Wickford, Essex
Ashley A. Robin
Affiliation:
Runwell and Rochford Hospitals
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Summary

Ninety-eight matched pairs of patients treated respectively on first admission in a general hospital psychiatric unit or a psychiatric hospital have been followed-up for from five to eight years. The periods of treatment received in either setting remained comparable, and only 3 per cent of patients were in-patients or day patients at five years, while 14 per cent were out-patients and 20 per cent attended their family doctor. There was no evidence in these patients of a transfer of chronicity to the psychiatric hospital, but patients with longer periods of treatment were noted to change hospital from both the general hospital unit to the psychiatric hospital, and in the reverse direction.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 130 , Issue 4 , April 1977 , pp. 365 - 369
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1977 

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