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Which Neurotic Patients Do Psychiatrists Treat?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

John M. Eagles  and
David A. Alexander
John M. Eagles*
Affiliation:
Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen and University of Aberdeen
David A. Alexander
Affiliation:
Course for the Diploma in Psychotherapy, Medical School, University of Aberdeen
*
∗Ross Clinic, Royal Cornhill Hospital, Cornhill Road, Aberdeen
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Abstract

Of 336 newly referred neurotic patients, 80 were not offered continuing psychiatric treatment. The factors associated with patients' not being offered continuing treatment were: short duration of illness; history of alcohol abuse and/or deliberate self-harm; age over 50 years; being widowed; and living more than 20 miles from the main hospital complex. The implications of these findings are discussed.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 152 , Issue 2 , February 1988 , pp. 222 - 228
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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