Premature Termination of Psychiatric Contact

Graham Hillis, David A. Alexander and John M. Eagles
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Graham Hillis: Department of Mental Health, Medical School, Foresterhill, Aberdeen
David A. Alexander: Department of Mental Health, Medical School, Foresterhill, Aberdeen
John M. Eagles: Department of Mental Health, Medical School, Foresterhill, Aberdeen

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 1993, vol. 39, issue 2, 100-107

Abstract: Failure to complete psychiatric treatment is an extensive and wasteful problem. This retrospective casenote study of 252 patients, suffering from a neurotic disorder, investigated which clinical and sociodemographic factors were associated with premature termination of psychiatric treatment. It was found that a history of deliberate self harm was strongly linked with the patients discontinuing their treatment. Other clinical factors, viz, diagnosis, duration of illness, a history of alcohol abuse and a family history of psychiatric illness were not however associated with premature termination of treatment. Older patients and those who were married were least likely to end treatment in this fashion, but sex of the patient, employment status, and distance from the hospital had no such link. Belonging to socioeconomic group 5 was significantly associated with premature termination although no other associations with social groupings were found.

Date: 1993
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DOI: 10.1177/002076409303900203

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