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Patterns of Attendance of Child Psychiatry Out-patients with Special Reference to Asian Families

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Gillian Stern ,
David Cottrell  and
Julian Holmes
Gillian Stern*
Affiliation:
Tavistock Centre, Hampstead
David Cottrell
Affiliation:
The London Hospital, Whitechapel, London E1
Julian Holmes
Affiliation:
The London Hospital Medical School, Whitechapel, London E1
*
∗“Ashdown”, Vale of Health, London NW3 1BB
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Abstract

Asian and non-Asian referrals to the department of child psychiatry at the London Hospital in 1987 were analysed. Asian referrals were under-represented with respect to the local population but, contrary to our expectations, there were no significant differences between the groups with regard to demographic data, the nature of the presenting problem, and attrition rates.

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Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 156 , Issue 3 , March 1990 , pp. 384 - 387
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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