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Day Treatment: Suitability and Referral Procedure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Peter Dick ,
Lewis Cameron ,
David Cohen ,
Marion Barlow  and
Anne Ince
Peter Dick*
Affiliation:
Dundee Psychiatric Services, Royal Dundee Liff Hospital, Dundee DD2 5NF
Lewis Cameron
Affiliation:
Tayside Health Board
David Cohen
Affiliation:
Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen
Marion Barlow
Affiliation:
Dundee Psychiatric Services
Anne Ince
Affiliation:
Dundee Psychiatric Services
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

In a prospective screening of emergency admissions of patients suffering from neurosis, personality disorder or adjustment reaction, 100 were assessed as suitable for early transfer to day hospital treatment, 101 as unsuitable, and 39 as not requiring further intervention. Of the unsuitable patients, 39 were grossly disturbed; the remainder did not differ in severity from those thought suitable, but there was a specific reason against day treatment in all but 13 of the 62—most commonly alcohol abuse, physical problems, social problems or aggression. Patients' attitudes were also important. Recruitment of patients had to be active, with regular visits to the wards by day hospital staff.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 147 , Issue 3 , September 1985 , pp. 250 - 253
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Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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