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A Psychiatric Clinic in a Probation Office

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Paul Bowden
Paul Bowden*
Affiliation:
South West Thames Regional Health Authority; Hon. Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, St George's Hospital, SW17
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Summary

A weekly clinic was held for one year in a London probation office with 41 probation officers. Only 23 cases were referred but the clinic was found to be a valuable forum for discussion of problems with the officers, 10 per cent of whose clients were estimated to be receiving psychiatric treatment elsewhere. Suggestions are made to improve collaboration between psychiatrists and probation officers.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 133 , Issue 5 , November 1978 , pp. 448 - 451
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1978 

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