A Survey of Patients Leaving a Mental Hospital Against Medical Advice

A consecutive series of 100 male psychiatric patients who requested release against medical advice during an 11-month period was compared with a control group consisting of a random sample of 100 patients admitted during the same period who did not submit such a request. The majority of those who su...

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Veröffentlicht in:Hospital & community psychiatry 1976-12, Vol.27 (12), p.865-868
Hauptverfasser: Planansky, Karel, Johnston, Roy
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A consecutive series of 100 male psychiatric patients who requested release against medical advice during an 11-month period was compared with a control group consisting of a random sample of 100 patients admitted during the same period who did not submit such a request. The majority of those who submitted the request were alcoholics or schizophrenics. The authors f ound that a sizable number were either separated or divorced, were younger than patients in the control group, and were in more turbulent phases of their illness. A surprising finding was that 60 patients submted the request while on an open ward.
ISSN:1075-2730
0022-1597
1557-9700
DOI:10.1176/ps.27.12.865