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The Physical Status of Psychiatric Emergencies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

M. R. Eastwood ,
R. H. S. Mindham  and
T. G. Tennent
M. R. Eastwood
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London S.E.5
R. H. S. Mindham
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London S.E.5
T. G. Tennent
Affiliation:
Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals, London S.E.5; Special Hospitals
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Patients are usually referred to outpatient departments by their family doctors, and it is generally assumed that after the initial assessment in the surgery they are directed to the appropriate clinic. However, it is clear that this does not always occur. In some cases there is difficulty in deciding to which clinic a patient may most profitably be sent, and this is especially so when a patient complains of both physical and psychiatric symptoms.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 116 , Issue 534 , May 1970 , pp. 545 - 550
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1970 

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