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Some Characteristics of Mental Hospital Absconders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

R. Antebi
R. Antebi*
Affiliation:
Eastern District Hospital and Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow; All Saints' Hospital, Birmingham
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It is becoming increasingly important, in the administration of psychiatric units, to single out the likely absconder from the rest of the hospital community. The following study has been embarked upon partly to outline a sketch of a hypothetical absconder, and partly to lay down a method of study which could be applied to other institutions with similar problems. The problem of absconding is of comparatively recent origin, as the “open door policy” has become generally adopted in British mental hospitals.

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Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 113 , Issue 503 , October 1967 , pp. 1087 - 1090
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1967 

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