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Psychiatric Referral from a General Practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Philip Hopkins  and
Brian Cooper
Philip Hopkins
Affiliation:
Hampstead, N.W.3
Brian Cooper
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, S.E.5
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Referrals for psychiatric specialist treatment under the National Health Service have increased steadily in numbers, until the annual rate for new patients in England and Wales now stands at over 200,000 (Ministry of Health, 1965). The trend has led some critical observers to conclude that, in the words of one of their number, “Partly because it has oversold itself psychiatry has become oversubscribed” (Kessel, 1963). This is a serious charge, but in the absence of proper evaluative studies it must be judged non proven.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 115 , Issue 527 , October 1969 , pp. 1163 - 1174
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1969 

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