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Non-attendance at a Psychiatric Follow-up Clinic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

V. S. Nehama*
Affiliation:
Central Hospital, Warwick

Extract

Burgess and Harrington (1964), Hoenig and Ragg (1965), and Errera et al. (1965) studied failure to keep initial appointments at psychiatric clinics. The present study is concerned with non-attendance at a follow-up clinic.

Type
Short Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1969 

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References

Burgess, J., and Harrington, J. (1964). “200 psychiatric out-patient non-attenders.” Case Conference, 2, 5960.Google Scholar
Errera, P., Davenport, P., and Decker, L. (1965). “Pre-intake dropout in a psychiatric clinic.” Ment. Hyg., 49, 558563.Google Scholar
Hoenig, J., and Ragg, N. (1965). “The non-attending psychiatric out-patient.” Medical Care, 4, 96100.Google Scholar
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