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Activity in a district psychotherapy service

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Richard Tillett*
Affiliation:
Consultant Psychiatrist/Psychotherapist Wonford House Hospital, Dryden Road, Exeter, Devon EX2 5AF
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Abstract

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The Royal College of Psychiatrists (1991) has recommended that all local mental health services should include specialist psychotherapy departments. At present these are uncommon outside major teaching centres, although a considerable amount of simple psychotherapy is provided on an ad hoc basis by mental health professionals of various disciplines. This paper describes the structure, functioning and costs of a specialist department in a non-teaching district in the south west of England.

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1994

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