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The use of Screening Investigations in Psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

C. J. Thomas
C. J. Thomas*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Withington Hospital, Manchester M20 8LR
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Summary

This is a study of the results of screening tests on all new psychiatric in-patients over a period of one year. Although none of the results indicated definite physical causes for the psychiatric illness, 10 per cent of the tests revealed abnormalities resulting from or co-incidental with the psychiatric illness. Of these abnormal results 61 per cent led to no further investigation or treatment, and the significance of this is discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 135 , Issue 1 , July 1979 , pp. 67 - 72
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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