Divergent Views - Patient, Carer and Staff Perceptions of Diagnosis and Reasons for Psychiatric Admission To a District General Hospital

Alison Round, Chris Bray, Simon Polak and Lyn Graham
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Alison Round: Exeter and North Devon Health Authority, Dean Clarke House, Southernhay East, Exeter EX1 1PQ
Chris Bray: Devon County Council Social Services Department, Civic Centre, Barnstaple EX31 1EE
Simon Polak: Community Mental Health Team Coordinator, Tor House, Ilfracombe, EX34 9DF
Lyn Graham: Devon County Council Social Services Department, Civic Centre, Barnstaple EX31 1EE

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 1995, vol. 41, issue 3, 210-216

Abstract: This study explores the differing perceptions of patients, carers, and professional staff in relation to psychiatric admission. There is poor to moderate agreement between lay people and professional beliefs about diagnosis or purpose of admission, although good agreement about the necessity of admission. The chronicity of symptoms in admitted patients and a rural-urban divide in rates of admissions are also noted.

Date: 1995
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DOI: 10.1177/002076409504100305

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