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Characteristics of patients in a psychiatric follow-up clinic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

A. K. Shah  and
S. Lynch
A. K. Shah
Affiliation:
Whittington Hospital, Highgate Hill, London N19
S. Lynch
Affiliation:
St Mary's Hospital, London W2
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Out-patient clinics are widely used to asssess and treat patients. In psychiatric practice, out-patient clinics are used both to assess new referrals and follow up existing patients. More than three-quarters of psychiatric out-patient attendances are for follow-up (DHSS, 1984). With modern emphasis on community psychiatry, the role of out-patient clinics may become less prominent and more refined. Very little appears to have been published on the subject of psychiatric follow-up clinics.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , March 1990 , pp. 153 - 154
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989

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