Prospective controlled study of psychiatric out-patient non-attendance
- 1 February 2000
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 176 (2), 160-165
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.176.2.160
Abstract
Background Psychiatric clinics have high non-attendance rates and failure to attend may be a sign of deteriorating mental health.Keywords
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