title: Which neurotic patients do psychiatrists treat?
abstract: Of 336 newly referred neurotic patients, 80 were not offered continuing psychiatric treatment. The factors associated with patients' not being offered continuing treatment were: short duration of illness; history of alcohol abuse and/or deliberate self-harm; age over 50 years; being widowed; and living more than 20 miles from the main hospital complex. The implications of these findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Ross Clinic, Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Eagles
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Alexander
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013997:Time Factors