Out-patient Adult Psychiatric Clinics

What is interfering with attendance in adult psychiatric out patients clinics?

OBJECTIVE To identify the characteristics of non-attenders in a psychiatric outpatient setting. METHODS A retrospective study evaluates patients` attendance for one year after the initial visit to the outpatient clinic in Al-Amal complex for mental health in Riyadh, from 30th July 2003 to 22nd January 2004. Information including sociodemographic data and other factors such as psychiatrist gra...

Psychiatric out-patient services: origins and future

Psychiatric out-patient services have recently come under close scrutiny. Until April 2005, nonattendance rates at first appointments were one of the performance indicators used by the Commission for Healthcare Improvement (now the Health Care Commission) in awarding ‘star ratings’ to National Health Service (NHS) trusts for service efficiency. This attention has allowed some creative thinking ...

A Psychiatric Out-Patient Nursing Service

The Mental Treatment Act of 1930, in addition to creating voluntary status for patients entering a psychiatric hospital for treatment and care, provided for the setting up of out-patient clinics at which such cases could be seen and properly assessed by a Pyschiatrist before hospitalisation was decided upon. The Act, as a whole, was an enlightened and forward looking piece of legislation and in...

A system of feedback from out-patient clinics.

District Clinics for out Patient Treatment of Tuberculous Problem Patients.