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. 1975 Aug 23;3(5981):469–471. doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5981.469

Attitudes to the psychiatric outpatient clinic.

D H Skuse
PMCID: PMC1674267  PMID: 1156825

Abstract

Fifty patients were interviewed before their first ever appointment at a psychiatric outpatient clinic about their attitude to the forthcoming visit. Many did not know that it was a psychiatrist they were to see at the hospital. Widespread misconceptions about the nature of a psychiatric consultation were uncovered. Many felt the referral carried an implicit threat of social stigma. Patient's misconceptions were relieved, and only 13% subsequently failed to attend the clinic compared with 30% of a control group.

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