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Incidence of referred mental illness in Chichester and Salisbury

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Jacqueline Grad de Alarcón*
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council, Clinical Psychiatry Unit, Graylingwell Hospital, Chichester, Sussex
Peter Sainsbury
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council, Clinical Psychiatry Unit, Graylingwell Hospital, Chichester, Sussex
W. Roy Costain
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council, Clinical Psychiatry Unit, Graylingwell Hospital, Chichester, Sussex
*
1Address for correspondence and present address: Southampton Evaluation Project, Knowle Hospital, Fareham, Hants.

Synopsis

The annual rates of referral to two differently organized comprehensive psychiatric services in separate but demographically similar areas are presented for various demographic social and clinical categories. In Part 1 the rates are examined for similarities both between the two areas and with findings from other studies in order to obtain pointers to factors affecting the inception of psychiatric disorders. In Part 2 an attempt is made to evaluate an aspect of the community service. Differences between the rates in the two areas are discussed with a view to identifying those variables that selectively affect referral to a community service.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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