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Patients Who Flirt With Treatment: The Silent Population

ROGER L. GOULD, IRENE PAULSON, and LOUISE DANIELS-EPPSAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 127, Number 4

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.4.524

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The authors conducted a study of people who call psychiatric clinics for help but fail to appear for appointments. Those with the most clearly defined reasons for seeking help tend to show up, while those with the vaguest reasons tend not to. The authors suggest that those who fail to follow through are possibly in greater need than those who do not. They recommend some simple clinic policy changes that can reduce the "no-show" problem.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 127 • Number 4 • October 1970

Pages: 524 - 529

PubMed: 5459516

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Published in print: October 1970

Published online: 1 April 2006

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ROGER L. GOULD

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IRENE PAULSON

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LOUISE DANIELS-EPPS

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Head, psychiatric outpatient department, the Neuropsychiatric Institute, U.C.L.A. Center for the Health Sciences, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024

Staff member, psychiatric outpatient department, the Neuropsychiatric Institute, U.C.L.A. Center for the Health Sciences, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024

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Patients Who Flirt With Treatment: The Silent Population

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