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Incidence of referred mental illness in Chichester and Salisbury
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Differences between the rates in the two areas are discussed with a view to identifying those variables that selectively affect referral to a community service.Abstract:
The annual rates of referral to two differently organized comprehensive psychiatric services in separate but demographically similar areas are presented for various demographic social and clinical categories In Part 1 the rates are examined for similarities both between the two areas and with findings from other studies in order to obtain pointers to factors affecting the inception of psychiatric disorders In Part 2 an attempt is made to evaluate an aspect of the community service Differences between the rates in the two areas are discussed with a view to identifying those variables that selectively affect referral to a community serviceread more
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Social Class and Mental Illness
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A Hundred Cases of Suicide: Clinical Aspects
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