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Non-Diagnostic Prediction of Behaviour and Outcome in Male Psychiatric Admissions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Eric Richardson Alexander
Affiliation:
The Ross Clinic, Aberdeen; Crichton Royal, Dumfries
David John Hall
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health, University of Aberdeen
J. Crawford Little
Affiliation:
Crichton Royal, Dumfries

Extract

The success of an in-patient therapeutic programme depends, in many instances, on the willingness of the patient to co-operate with medical and nursing staff, and to react positively to the permissive regime characteristic of the modern psychiatric hospital.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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