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Psychiatric Clinics in Different Settings

A Case Register Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

C. Bruce Low*
Affiliation:
Gartnavel Royal Hospital, Glasgow, Dingleton Hospital, Melrose and Royal Edinburgh Hospital
Ian Pullen
Affiliation:
Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh
*
Gartnavel Royal Hospital, 1055 Great Western Road, Glasgow G12 0XN

Abstract

Out-patient referrals to the Edinburgh adult psychiatric service between 1981 and 1985 were studied using the Edinburgh Psychiatric Case Register. The hypotheses that primary-care clinics have more patients with less severe illnesses and fewer patients with psychotic illnesses were confirmed.

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Brief Reports
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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