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Undiagnosed Psychiatric Patients Part 1: Record Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Amos Welner ,
Jay L. Liss ,
Eli Robins  and
Marsha Richardson
Amos Welner
Affiliation:
From the Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
Jay L. Liss
Affiliation:
From the Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
Eli Robins
Affiliation:
From the Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
Marsha Richardson
Affiliation:
From the Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
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Among patients admitted to psychiatric hospitals are some who are discharged undiagnosed. It can be expected that psychiatric patients, as patients in other medical specialties, who do not meet the criteria for any of the established diagnostic groups, will be considered as undiagnosed until the course of their illness and clinical picture makes the diagnosis evident. The undiagnosed patients are a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Because in a space of five years, 256 patients left undiagnosed, it was felt that this group merited investigation.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 120 , Issue 556 , March 1972 , pp. 315 - 319
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1972 

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