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Psychiatric Illness after Leaving University: A Five-Year Follow-Up of Students

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Zaida M. Hall ,
L. P. Sheil  and
W. E. Waters
Zaida M. Hall
Affiliation:
University of Southampton, Southampton SO9 5NH
L. P. Sheil
Affiliation:
Student Health Service, University of Southampton
W. E. Waters
Affiliation:
Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO9 4XY
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Summary

Ninety-one undergraduates who had been referred to the Southampton University psychiatrist and matched controls who had not sought psychiatric help were followed up yearly for five years by questionnaire. The response rate for cases and controls was poor, but the difference in psychiatric morbidity was large. At least 26 of the patients subsequently consulted a doctor for emotional problems as against five of the controls; 17 of the patients were again referred to a psychiatrist but none of the controls. It is concluded that students who are referred to a psychiatrist during their University course have a much higher rate of psychiatric morbidity in the five years after they leave University than do students who have not been so referred.

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Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 140 , Issue 4 , April 1982 , pp. 374 - 377
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1982 

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