HOSPITALIZATION OF FORMER OUTPATIENTS DIAGNOSED AS PSYCHOTIC
- 1 August 1975
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
- Vol. 52 (2), 145-150
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1975.tb00030.x
Abstract
A study was made of 612 psychotic outpatients, followed by means of a national case register from their first referral in 1946 to 1955 up to and including 1973. One hundred and sixty-four cases were not found to be registered as inpatients and so must be counted as lost to a registration system based upon hospital admissions. The loss of cases was estimated at around 5% of the total first admissions. Most of the lost cases were borderline psychotics or manic-depressives.Keywords
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