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Management of people with schizophrenia in primary care
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2018
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In 1961 Parkes and his colleagues followed 100 people with schizophrenia for a year after their discharge from hospitals in south London and found that the general practitioner (GP) was the professional most frequently in contact with people. Only 56% attended as psychiatric out-patients, most being seen fewer than five times in the year, while 70% were in regular contact with their GPs, and when problems developed it was usually the GP who was involved first (Parkes et al, 1962).
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