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Defaulting at the Nigerian National Neuropsychiatric Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

M. L. Adelekan  and
A. O. Ogunlesi
M. L. Adelekan
Affiliation:
Department of Behavioural Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
A. O. Ogunlesi*
Affiliation:
Aro Neuropsychiatric Hospital and WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health, PMB 2002, Abeokuta, Nigeria
*
(correspondence)
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Defaulting from out-patient surveillance constitutes a major problem among neuropsychiatric patients globally. In an extensive review of default studies (Baekeland & Lundwall, 1975), it was concluded that between 20–50% of psychiatric patients fail to return after their first visit and 31–56% attend not more than four times before defaulting.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 14 , Issue 7 , July 1990 , pp. 403 - 405
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990

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