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A Survey of General Practitioners' Referrals to a Psychiatric Out-Patient Service

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

A. Q. Gardiner ,
J. Petersen  and
D. J. Hall
A. Q. Gardiner
Affiliation:
Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen AB9 2ZH
J. Petersen
Affiliation:
Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen AB9 2ZH
D. J. Hall
Affiliation:
University of Aberdeen Department of Mental Health, Aberdeen AB9 2ZX
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In recent years reports have shown that in psychiatric practice in this country short treatments with relatively brief interviews and much reliance on drugs are the rule (Carstairs and Bruhn, 1962; Sargant and Slater, 1964). That this is also true of general practice has been demonstrated (Cooper, 1965; Shepherd et al., 1966).

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 124 , Issue 583 , June 1974 , pp. 536 - 541
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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