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Psychiatric In-Patients and Out-Patients: A Reply to Mezey and Evans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

D. G. Morgan  and
R. M. Compton
D. G. Morgan
Affiliation:
Faculty of Social Sciences, Keynes College, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent
R. M. Compton
Affiliation:
Faculty of Social Sciences, Keynes College, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent
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Department of Health and Social Security statistics show a steady rise in the use of outpatient services from the inception of the National Health Service; since the Mental Health Act of 1959, the numbers of new outpatient and clinic attendances have increased by one-third and one-fifth respectively (D.H.S.S., 1971). However, as our knowledge of the actual functions of out-patient services and their relationship to in-patient care is at best only rudimentary, the recent article by Mezey and Evans (Journal, June 1971, 118, p. 609) is a much needed contribution towards evaluating these different facilities of the psychiatric services.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 120 , Issue 557 , April 1972 , pp. 433 - 436
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1972 

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